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« Je ne suis pas un allumeur de bougies. Si je me prêtais à cette pratique d'inspiration mystique, je heurterais ma conscience. Une conscience égarée et sans convictions. Mes certitudes n'ont pas bonne mine. Comme dit la chanson, plus on apprend, plus on ne sait rien. Et lorsqu'on a la fâcheuse habitude de toujours tout remettre en question, on plonge dans l'anarchie philosophique. Balancé par la houle incessante des lacunes, le sceptique surnage...
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Inspired by a true story, Peace of Ourselves is a coming-of-age novel about a young man's evolving objection to the Vietnam War and his subsequent move from the US to Canada. The book offers a unique point of view that will trigger contemplative memories for those who lived during that time and a historical perspective for those who did not.
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Experience the intrigue of one man's extraordinary life. The Life of Olaf Waniglia takes you on a journey through Olaf's experiences, both good and bad. "Why is Olaf's life worth reading about?" you ask. Well that is simple, dear Reader: Olaf has some uncanny abilities. That's not all though! This is not a tale solely of the unbelievable. This is a love story, as much as it is a book of tragedy. It is a story of friendship and the bonds of family...
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Life isn't always fair. Some seem to skate through without a care, while others work from sunup to sundown barely keeping their head above water. Still, life is what you make it. Hard times aren't to be feared and good times aren't to be coveted. Hard times are exercises for faith and good times peaceful reposes. But, if we had nothing but ease, it would atrophy our spirits like too much sugar rots our teeth. Trials make us able to stand in the storm...
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Die Straßenhündin Bella erzählt dir ihre Lebensgeschichte und teilt mit dir währenddessen wichtiges Wissen rund ums Thema Tieradoption und Hundehaltung. Auch wenn du schon einen Hund hast, kannst du vielleicht noch etwas dazu lernen, zum Beispiel im Bereich Gesundheit!
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But for the Grace of God is a thrilling and sometimes heartbreaking story about a young Mennonite girl who was abused and has to come to terms with it. It has adventure, romance, and tragedy leading her to a new life.
After a horrific accident, the Dat (father) decided that the family should become modern Mennonite, rather than Old Order Mennonite.
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800 000 morts en 100 jours ! Il y a 25 ans, du 7 avril au 17 juillet 1994, le Pays des Mille Collines a été le sordide théâtre du génocide rwandais, quand les Hutu entreprirent de supprimer tous les Tutsi du pays. Ce fut le génocide le plus fulgurant de l'Histoire moderne, o les assassins et les victimes étaient des voisins, des collègues de travail, des fidèles d'une même paroisse, voire des conjoints.
L'amour qui enraya la haine est d'abord...
68) The Lion and I
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Afghanistan in 1997 - a country at war for 18 years. And a love story in between.
The book tells the story of a 26-year old European woman who goes to Afghanistan in 1997 when the opportunity arises to join a film crew on their asignment. With this she fulfills her dream of meeting the man whose struggle and tribulations she has been following for years: the legendary Mujahedin Leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, also known as "The Lion of Panjshir".
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Jackie O: On the Couch is the story of Jackie Kennedy Onassis as she might have written it. This is not just another biography. For the first time, Jackie O: On the Couch highlights Jackie's life from her own perspective, as imagined by author Dr. Alma Bond, a psychoanalyst and long-time student of Jackie lore. The facts are all historically correct, as are the ideas, the Washington intrigue and politics, and the examination of the role of women in...
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The closer the end of Second World War came, the louder the voices of those who demanded the displacement of the Sudeten German population became. The Czechs' ever greater hatred of everything that was German became noticeably clear. Terrible attacks on the civilian population followed.
Experience a piece of contemporary history with this book. The author describes moving experiences and the escape from the Sudetenland - up close. No food, Czech military...
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Después de dejarlo olvidado durante quince años en el fondo de un cajón, Tamar, la narradora, se reencuentra con un viejo poema que le enviaron. Un poema inoportuno que en su momento no la interpeló ni le significó ese gesto que ella tanto deseaba. ¿Quién puede esperar, en plena separación, que el otro en lugar de un prosaico "te extraño, volvamos" intente acercarse mediante anagramas y combinaciones de nuestro nombre?
Pero la escritura...
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El año 2020 será recordado en la historia de la humanidad por la pandemia del covid-19. En el momento de editar este libro, de acuerdo con el portal de la Universidad de Johns Hopkins, se contabilizaban más de cien millones de contagios y más de dos millones de muertes a causa del virus. Las cifras siguen creciendo. Antes del 2020, la transformación digital era una realidad que casi todas las organizaciones aceptaban como necesaria, sin embargo,...
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« C'est vraiment une méchante maladie, hein papa, le cancer. » – Julien
« Apprendre à l'âge de 34 ans que l'on n'a plus qu'une espérance de vie de 3 à 4 ans n'est pas une chose facile, d'autant plus que je venais de mettre au monde le plus beau petit bébé. »
– Sophie
Sophie Lapierre est décédée le 19 septembre 2004 d'un cancer du sein métastatique. Une semaine plus tt, elle avait mis le point final au livre que vous avez sous...
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Aus geheime Memoiren von Madame du Hausset, Lady's Maid von Madame de Pompadour, und von einem unbekannten englischen Mädchen und der Prinzessin Lamballe lesen wir die Begebenheiten am Hofe Ludwigs XV. Vom Attentat auf den König, Krankheiten von Madame de Pompadour und des Königs, Liebschaften, Affären und Mätressenwirtschaft des Herrschers, bis hin zu den Höflingen und Geschehnissen am Hof des Nachfolgers des Sonnenkönigs. Die Marquise starb...
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Matt is a young man whose life is riddled with pain and injustice. Diagnosed with a hearing disability at an early age, he embarks on a turbulent journey to face many challenges. Not due to his impairment but the circumstances caused by the mistakes of others.
He analyses the people in his life by struggling to make sense of the way they behave, understand the complex relationships between his family members, and overcome the practical difficulties...
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In this 1940s coming-of-age story, Sarah, a naive seventeen-year-old Caucasian girl elects prostitution as part of a desperate plan to make quick money in order to escape her small-town life in Warren, Ohio. Her journey begins one night while eavesdropping on her Uncle Brady and his friends, playing cards. They joke about a place they've discovered in nearby Youngstown, where men are entertained by beautiful ladies, who, apparently, make the kind...
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Daisy DeVoe has left her abusive husband, her father has been pinched for bootlegging, and she's embarrassed by her rural Kentucky roots. But on the plus side, she's climbing the ladder in the salon of Paramount Pictures, styling hair for actress Clara Bow.
Clara is a handful. The "It" Girl of the Jazz Age personifies the new woman of the 1920s onscreen, smoking, drinking bootleg hooch, and bursting with sex appeal. But her conduct off the set is...
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Muy joven, a los diecisiete años, el autor decide poner en una pequeña valija unas mudas de ropas, un cuaderno, un lápiz, y cargar en su yo interior sus vergüenzas. Trepa a un tranvía que lo llevará hasta la estación. Sin comunicárselo a nadie, trepa al tren.
Huye, como ladrón en la noche, desde Rosario a la Capital Federal.
Su historia transcurre en aquella época de los "cabecitas negras", que inmigraban desde el interior a la gran urbe,...
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Expect the unexpected is the key to this novel. Angela, the protagonist, works as a pathologist at the Coroner's Office and is a successful professional woman. The day that her husband – a foreigner she has helped to take refuge in her country – abandons her for a younger woman, her world falls apart. Psychologically traumatized by what she considers her husband's betrayal, she tries to find comfort in her work. However the constant emotional...
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Stumbling Blocks and Stepping Stones is told largely through the reminiscences of Paolo Bruni and is focused on his friendship with Nicola "Nunzi" D'Annunzio over four decades. It contrasts the insular world of the ethnic neighborhood, one littered with 'stumbling blocks' of gangs and ethnic rivalries that might undo their stepping up in the changing world of post-war urbanizing America. In their encounter with the complex and corporatized Catholicism...
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