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X-Factor volume 7
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The divisiveness of Civil War has spread to Jamie Madrox's X-Factor team: Half of them want to cooperate with the government; the other half wants to take a stand against it. And matters aren't being helped by Quicksilver, who offers Rictor the opportunity to get his powers back but at what price?
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"Master thief, rogue and chancer Gideon Sable is back for another fast-paced supernatural heist - and this time he has the vault of a Las Vegas casino in his sights.
Judi Rifkin is one of the world's most successful collectors of the weird and unnatural. In a London underworld filled with criminals with very special talents, Judi is a force to be reckoned with.
And Gideon Sable - thief, rogue and chancer - owes her a very large favour.
Judi makes...
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A midwife and a mortician walk into a bar…
Dani operates a holistic birthing center called Breathe.
Ranae tends to the dead and their loved ones at Fair Havens Green Cemetery.
The two best friends produce a podcast called Matters of Life and Death where they talk about the beginning and end of life… and everything in between.
Behind the scenes, Dani's marriage is on the rocks. And although she's doing all she can to keep things together, her...
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Barbara Rogers argues that population growth would not be a problem if all women had access to safe and effective contraception. If half the world's women have one less child our numbers would stabilize. The women's movement and environmentalists should take this up as a priority, allowing poor women the same access to reproductive choice as richer ones take for granted. Modern eugenics, developed by Nazi racial theorists, is now rife among fundamentalists,...
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A year-long journey by the renowned psychiatrist and his writer wife after her terminal diagnosis, as they reflect on how to love and live without regret
Internationally acclaimed psychiatrist and author Irvin Yalom devoted his career to counseling those suffering from anxiety and grief. But never had he faced the need to counsel himself until his wife, esteemed feminist author Marilyn Yalom, was diagnosed with cancer. In A Matter of Death and Life,...
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This title presents the history of medicine. Vivid text details how early studies of anatomy and circulation led to robotic surgery and heart transplants. It also puts a spotlight on the brilliant scientists who made these advances possible. Useful sidebars, rich images, and a glossary help readers understand the science and its importance. Maps and diagrams provide context for critical discoveries in the field. Aligned to Common Core Standards and...
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An understandable overview of the laws regarding euthanasia, end-of-life treatment, and medication of those who may be unable to decide for themselves if the treatment is necessary. Our bodies are ours to control, free from state interference - or so it appears. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms provides: 'Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles...
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In this highly articulate, down-to-earth, generous, and thoughtful book, Dr. David Galler tells stories of life and death from his position as head of intensive care at a busy city hospital. Weaving his own personal stories throughout-including the death of his parents-David frames a number of chapters around key organs such as the heart, brain, and kidneys, talking about their physical nature as well as their importance emotionally and holistically....
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With the sensitivity born of time and experience, Charles Hoffacker presents an unusually warm and caring approach to preaching at a pivotal transition in human life, one which goes to the very heart of the Good News of Jesus Christ. Hoffacker teaches the reader, whether a seasoned preacher or a novice homilist, to find the key to unlocking the mystery of Jesus' promise of eternal life in a mortal life now ended.
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Great Courses volume 1
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View the life cycle of a star in its broadest context, seeing how stars serve as agents of alchemy, transforming the simplest element - hydrogen - into the panoply of heavier elements that compose life and all other material objects in the universe.
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Commish volume 5
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Tony's up for the NYPD commissioner job while dealing with a habitual drunken driver, a jail hunger strike and two missing cops - found underwater.
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Only weeks after Linda receives the devastating diagnosis of inoperable lung cancer, she and her husband, Chris, are told she may not have long to live. But Linda is not about to let cancer put her away that easily. She fights back. Facing the disease together, for Chris at least, bright lights and fairy dust become matters of life and death. Interwoven with information on her care and treatment, their story lays bare their love and devotion, their...
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Health issues have long occupied top headlines in Canadian media, and no journalist has written on public health with more authority or for as many years as André Picard. Matters of Life and Death collects Picard's most compelling columns, covering a broad range of topics including Canada's right-to-die law, the true risks of the Zika virus, the financial challenges of a publicly funded health system, appalling health conditions in First Nations...
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"The genius of Aleksandar Hemon's prose is a well-established, universally acknowledged fact. But his ability to read a soccer match-to really, deeply understand it-will strike readers with the force of pure, ecstatic revelation. His essays on the game are the very definition of pleasure." -Franklin Foer, author of How Soccer Explains the World
"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I am very disappointed with that attitude....
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Kent Philpott writes about the difference between true and false conversion. Originally published by Evangelical Press, UK, in 1998, this third edition has been, updated to answer questions and challenges from readers and critics from the past fifteen years.
Are you a Christian? What is your conversion story? Is it possible you were falsely converted?
What are the marks of true conversion?
This is a matter of life and death, the only issue in life...
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The book presents an unusual perception of the world to the reader, collected in amusing scenarios and images, through which the rich life and spiritual experience of the author are, manifested. The presence of a spiritual, invisible world in a person's life, in every deed, state and thought, are very delicately, shown. The book is, permeated with a great love for people and their destinies, so even the most tragic episode in the narrative becomes...
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Through genealogical research, I learned that Dr. Philip Merkle was part of my family history. As I perused information about him, references abounded: numerous 19th century newspaper articles, bibliographies which included his name and led to information about him from various sources, and even a doctoral thesis written in 1956 Germany which included his actions against oppression in Germany. During his education at Gymnasium and the University of...
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