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"Seaside Serenity: A Guide to Living the Beach Life" invites readers to embark on a transformative journey to coastal bliss, offering a comprehensive guide to embracing a relaxed and fulfilling beach lifestyle. From choosing the perfect seaside destination and finding an idyllic beach home to immersing oneself in coastal culture and adopting a beach-ready mindset, this book is a roadmap for those seeking the serenity of coastal living. Readers will...
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Home equity loans have been the saving grace for many Americans over the past 20 years. You could withdraw cash and have your home equity grow back. It didn't take much work to grow our home equity. Are our home equity loans a viable option with rising interest rates? We don't know where interest rates will settle, but it looks like they will remain higher for longer. Can you afford to tap a home equity loan over 12%? Is it worth it to put your home...
43) Stealing home
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111 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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"Sandy Saito looks back to his childhood in 1940s Vancouver, when he was eight years old. He's a happy kid: he goes to school, reads comic books and is obsessed with baseball -- especially the Asahi baseball team, the pride of the Japanese-Canadian community. Then the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor -- and everything changes. The kids Sandy used to play with every day now call him names and chase him from the playground. He and his family are no longer...
46) Generation Z's Quick Guide to Leaving Home: What No One Ever Told You About Planning For The Future
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How Can Generation Z Plan for the Future?
When deciding it's time to move out of your parents' house, the future is filled with the unknown. Nonetheless, finding your new environment, making new friends, and setting new goals are all a part of the journey.
Generation Z Guide to Leaving Home helps you identify why you are leaving home, where you want to go, and how to prepare for the transition ahead. We want to empower every member of Generation...
47) At Home In Texas
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If you've always wanted to live in an RV full-time but did not know where to begin then keep reading...Are you sick and tired of the same exhausting routine day in and day out?
Are you ready for the thrill of embracing what can happen in your life without knowing exactly what lies ahead?
Do you finally want to say goodbye to the dreaded rat race and discover something which works for you?
If so, then you've come to the right place!
You see, living...
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Congratulations on immigrating to Canada! This journey represents a significant and rewarding milestone. That said, relocating to a new country does not come without its challenges. These challenges have the potential to negatively affect your experience if you do not adequately prepare for them.
That's where Chidi C. Iwuchukwu's Coming to Canada: The Ultimate Success Guide for New Immigrants and Travelers comes in. Reading this guidebook is like...
50) Urban rez
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1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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Documentary on the legacy and modern-day effects of the federal government's voluntary urban relocation program that relocated American Indians from reservations to urban areas.
51) Citizen 13660
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xxix, 209 pages ; 23 cm
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"Mine Okubo was one of over one hundred thousand people of Japanese descent, nearly two-thirds of whom were American citizens, who were forced into "protective custody" shortly after Pearl Harbor. Citizen 13660, Okubo's graphic memoir of life in relocation centers in California and Utah, illuminates this experience with poignant illustrations and witty, candid text. Now available with a new introduction by Christine Hong and in a wide-format artist...
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"A touching story about Japanese American children who corresponded with their beloved librarian while they were imprisoned in World War II internment camps. When Executive Order 9066 is enacted after the attack at Pearl Harbor, children's librarian Clara Breed's young Japanese American patrons are to be sent to prison camp. Before they are moved, Breed asks the children to write her letters and gives them books to take with them. Through the three...
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In the bustling world of modern apartment living, creating a harmonious balance between physical space and spiritual practice can be a complex task, especially for the devout Devil Worshipper. Apartment Hunting For Devil Worshippers is a comprehensive resource designed to guide you through this unique journey. The book covers a wide range of topics, from practical considerations like finding and viewing potential apartments and understanding landlord-tenant...
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Are you ready to embark on an exciting journey of co-living adventures? Look no further than "The Room Renting Journey: Mapping Your Way to a Fulfilling Co-Living Experience." Whether you're seeking a change of scenery, downsizing, attending college, recovering from a breakup, or facing tough financial hardships, renting a room can offer the perfect solution.
Imagine the freedom to live wherever your heart desires, the flexibility to easily transition...
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Fascinating true stories of those who followed their dream to move to France.
Intrigued by a scattered English community in the French Pyrenees, Michelle Lawson travels around interviewing Britons who'd moved to the remote Ariège department. She talks frankly with new arrivals and old-timers. Some describe themselves as village celebrities, while others live in social isolation. She speaks with couples who can't imagine moving back to the UK and...
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Apartment Renters' ConciergeThe Definitive Guide to Renting an Apartment Unlock the Secrets to Finding the Ideal Apartment with this Guide to Apartment Renting Are you feeling overwhelmed by the apartment rental process? From selecting a roommate to finding a space that suits your needs, the process can be daunting, especially if you're new to apartment hunting. But fear not - the Apartment Renters' Concierge is here to help. This comprehensive guide...
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"In March 1943, twenty-seven children began third grade in a strange new environment: the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah. Together with their teacher, Miss Yamauchi, these uprooted young Americans began keeping a classroom diary, with a different child illustrating each day's entry. Their full-color diary entries paint a vivid picture of daily life in an internment camp: schoolwork, sports, pets, holidays, health--and the mixed feelings of citizens...
58) Internment camps
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48 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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Presents facts about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, discussing the events that led to internment, what life in the camps was like, and what happened after people left them. --Publisher.
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214 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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"A biography of Norman Mineta, from his internment as a child in Heart Mountain Internment Camp during World War II, through his political career including serving in congress for ten terms during which time he was instrumental in getting the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 passed which provided reparations and an apology to those who were interned"--
60) District 9
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1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Back in the 1980s, a giant spacecraft stalled in the skies over Johannesburg. 1.8 million of the aliens that were aboard were rescued, and placed in a refugee camp--District 9. Over the next 20 years, District 9 became a teeming shantytown like so many others in the developing world. Although there is evidence that the extraterrestrials represent an advanced civilization, their lives on Earth are marked by squalor, dysfunction, and xenophobic hostility....
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