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Amy Purdy, who inspired a nation on Dancing with the Stars and has been called a hero by Oprah Winfrey, reveals the intimate details of her triumphant comeback from the brink of death to making history as a Paralympic snowboarder.
In this poignant and uplifting memoir, Dancing With the Stars sensation Amy Purdy reveals the story of how losing her legs led her to find a spiritual path. When the Las Vegas native was just nineteen, she contracted bacterial...
4) Dark Truth
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They say the truth hurts.But living a lie hurts more.Trent's letter has left me with so many questions.What does he want from me?What do my family want?They're not usually ones to forgive and forget.I'm finally in a good place.At peace with not having them in my life.I've got a good job, I'm standing on my own two feet.But I haven't quite got my happily ever after yet...I can tell Dylan still has doubts about me.He's definitely hiding something.Who...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 I was watching the fan blades go round and round, thinking I could have turned on a show by now, but what's the point anyway. My fan friends don't make me feel like I'll get everything I want in this life.
#2 I am not going swimming with Drew. I want to eat disgusting takeout, fill my body with MSG, and then crawl under the covers until next year rolls around with...
6) Linc
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Book 1 in the Spring Valley PD Series LincI've watched my friends and family find their person. I had determined that if it hadn't happened by now, then it wasn't in my cards. I never expected to find my person on a disturbance call. She intrigued me and I wanted to know more, but she was holding something back. Millie I moved to Spring Valley to start over from a horrible past and to re-build my relationship with my grandfather. I was ready to stand...
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Are You and Your Family Ready to Survive the Next Disaster? Do you know how to feed your family yourself? Prepping is a lifestyle choice. It is when we look at ourselves and finally say, "I am going to stand on my own two feet and live the life I choose to live." In today's modern society, we rely on others way too much. We rely on people to give us food, shelter, jobs and everything else we feel that we are entitled to. Well, the day has come for...
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My name is Nicholas Steele, and they call me the Unbreakable Man. I have an amazing story to tell, and every word of it is true: the horrors, heartbreaks, miracles, and triumph. When a lightning-struck tree fell on me in 2008, it did more than just paralyze me from the neck down: ultimately, it broke my wife's spirit, destroyed my marriage, and ripped my family apart. I found myself pounded by setback after setback. But despite the cards Fate dealt...
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Strand Releasing Home Entertainment
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[2019]
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Deutsch
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Lola managers her personal life the same ruthless efficiency she uses to succeed in the business world. But when she receives the news that her older sister Conny has attempted suicide, Lola's secrets begin to unravel into the workplace. As she tries to do what's best for her sister without jeopardizing all she's worked hard for, Lola slowly finds her own grip on reality slipping away.
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The definitive edition of the classic, myth-shattering history of the American familyLeave It to Beaver was not a documentary, a man's home has never been his castle, the "male breadwinner marriage" is the least traditional family in history, and rape and sexual assault were far higher in the 1970s than they are today. In The Way We Never Were, acclaimed historian Stephanie Coontz examines two centuries of the American family,...
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Strand Releasing
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2021.
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English
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Lola manages her personal life with the same ruthless efficiency she uses to succeed in the business world. She keeps her relationship with her boss Elise a secret, as well as the existence of her older sister Conny, who has a long history of mental illness. But when she receives the news that Conny has attempted suicide, Lola’s secrets begin to unravel into the workplace. As she tries to do what’s best for her sister without jeopardizing all...
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"Comedian Zach Anner opens his frank and devilishly funny book, If at Birth You Don't Succeed, with an admission: he botched his own birth. Two months early, underweight and under-prepared for life, he entered the world with cerebral palsy and an uncertain future. So how did this hairless mole-rat of a boy blossom into a viral internet sensation who's hosted two travel shows, impressed Oprah, driven the Mars Rover, and inspired a John Mayer song?...
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Overlook Press
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1998
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"Playwright, actor, composer, poet, painter and songwriter, Noel Coward was perhaps the most complete entertainer the twentieth century - or any other - produced. But with his sophisticated manner and his clipped wit he became something more ... an icon of his times, the embodiment of "cool" before the term was ever thought of. On the centenary of his birth, amid the revival of his complete works, it is time to take stock of Coward the songwriter....
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Firefly Books
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2009
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English
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This fascinating book, written by a world authority on animal intelligence, brings together the cumulative research on the comparative intelligence levels of nonhuman "smart" species. Sally Boysen reveals how these intelligent animals communicate, learn behavior, show feelings and emotions and, for some species, how they use tools, count and sometimes pick up a foreign language.
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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Winner, 2009 John O'Connor Film Award of the American Historical Association. Winner, Best Documentary, Hollywood Black Film Festival. Is there a politics of knowledge? Who controls what knowledge is produced and how it will be used? Is there "objective" scholarship and, if so, how does it become politicized? These questions are examined through this groundbreaking film on the life and career of Melville J. Herskovits (1895-1963), the pioneering American...
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