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1) Postcards
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308 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Loyal Blood inalterably changes the course of his life and the fortunes of his family members when he deserts the family's New England farm after accidently killing his lover.
2) Postcards
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Turns out, my sister was serious about everything she said in that phone call.
The cancer.
The leaving.
The postcards.
So I was already struggling to figure out just what God thought He was doing. And then my boss introduced me to the guy who would be taking over the new project.
My project.
Sure, Owen's hot. And so what if he has the world's most impressive resume? He's not getting my job without a fight.
And my job isn't the only thing I'm not going...
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This collection of Chinese photography contains over 350 vintage postcards from pre-communist China along with extensive historical background and commentary. Camel trains arriving at a city gate; the distinctive architecture of the Forbidden City, its pagodas, imperial buildings and temples; Manchu fashion, the Empress Dowager and the child emperor Puyi; street performers and foreign tourists-all come to life again in this extraordinary collection...
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103 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
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"'The Betrayed Confidence Revisited brings together for the first time all nine of Gorey's thematic postcard sets. These fascinating works, published over a twenty-year span, are akin to shuffled stories and were issued under his anagram pseudonym Dogear Wryde." [pg. 4].
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Stolen Postcards has a cast of three hundred and sixty-six characters (maybe a few more)-a new one for each day of the year. But, unlike a sprawling epic that covers years or decades in the lives of its characters, in this book you'll read only a pivotal moment for each person. And, what a fascinating mix of people-here you'll find a novice nun who spends her nights in an unexpected pastime and a fashion model who makes a surprising choice. You'll...
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Donny has loved his friend Greg for years but never told him. They shared one brief night together before Greg married Megan and Donny ... well, Donny tried to move on. He thinks he's succeeded in relegating Greg to the past until he receives a postcard from his friend that suggests Greg still thinks of that night, too.
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Take a trip to Washington D.C. with Bosley Bear! Learn about four important presidents--Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln--while Bosley Bear finds the monuments dedicated to them that are scattered around Washington D.C. This charming script includes six roles that are written at varying reading levels, supporting differentiation and English language learner strategies. Teachers can implement specific strategies to assign roles to students...
11) 33 Postcards
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For 10 years Mei Mei (Zhu Lin), a 16 yr old Chinese orphan, dreams of meeting her Australian sponsor Dean Randall (Guy Pearce) and his 'perfect family'. When her orphanage travels to Australia to attend the Australian Choir Festival Mei Mei takes the opportunity to look him up. What she finds, however, is far from the idyllic life he depicted in his postcards. Initially mismatched and disconnected the two begin a journey in search of belonging, family,...
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Here are the excruciatingly funny adventures of Suzanne Vale - a young film star and drug addict - who survives a rehab clinic only to rejoin the equally harrowing world of Hollywood. Out there on the edge, despair flips into hilarity, and we're left laughing as Suzanne struggles to come to terms with her various fantasylands. This stunning literary debut - read by author and actress Carrie Fisher herself - evokes the deliciously irreverent humor...
14) La Fanfarlo
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Español
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"La muerte se cernía alegremente sobre los hospitales, y los Chatterton y los Savage de la calle Saint-Jacques crispaban sus dedos helados sobre los escritorios, cuando el hombre más falso, el más egoísta, el más sensual, el más goloso, el más espiritual de nuestros amigos se instalaba frente a una deliciosa cena y una buena mesa, en compañía de una de las mujeres más hermosas que la naturaleza haya creado para el placer de los ojos."
La...
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Postcards from Here is a capturing of a community, a harsh and beautiful place, a family, and the internal experience of its author in the form of micro-essays. The book takes on the realities of rural New England life, the moments and details that stitch a community together, the politics of being gay and divorced in such a place, and the visceral details of raising children, gardening, porcupines, travel, marriage, and other hazards of living. Written...
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Postcards to Alice takes the reader around the world on an engrossing and hysterical look at travel misadventures and social disasters. From Europe to Africa, North America to the Indian subcontinent, experience the hilarity of exploding tampons and pugilistic taxi drivers. Laugh over panic packing and gluttonous theft, while basking in the warmth of Ms. Gauvreau's refreshing and self-deprecating humor. A heart-warming travel book with a humorous...
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Dr. Paul Miller is a brilliant psychotherapist who has developed a new form of therapy which he calls Cinematherapy®. As part of his patient's therapy he prescribes movies for them to watch that address their therapeutic issues. Dr. Miller suggested that Mr. and Mrs. Thorton to watch the movie Under the Influence to better understand their daughters drug use. It was suggested that Phil watch Steel Magnolias after his wife died. And he had Daniel...
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As one of the earliest developed areas of the state of Michigan, Berrien County has a rich history that appeals to the locals as well as the tourists who still enjoy the many treasures to be found there. Author Sherry Arent Cawley has compiled over 200 vintage postcards chronicling the life and times of this historic area. The historic Benton Harbor Fruit Market, Silver Beach, the mineral baths at the Whitecomb Hotel, and the House of David are all...
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1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Based on the novel by Carrie Fisher about her life in the Hollywood fast lane. Suzanne Vale is a wise-cracking, vulnerable actress determined to jump start her failing career. Her mother, an aging movie star is the definitive portrait of Hollywood's gutsy glamour queens and, of course, offers her daughter only razor sharp humor and searing honesty.
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