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A multi-faceted look at the story of the city that fought Troy, featuring pristine, pre-tourist photographs of the site, an original one-act play by dramatist John Guare, and essays on the historical
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Progressive Racism is about the transformation of the civil rights movement from a cause opposing racismthe denigration of individuals on the basis of their skin color - into a movement endorsing race
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Dana Norland tracks down two vicious men in Harlem and shoots them without remorse. Fate grants her a strange encounter that allows her to escape to Rwanda on the pretense of wanting to save gorillas.
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The book is written from a perspective of someone who after having lived for many years under communism and then for more than two decades under a liberal democracy has discovered that those two polit
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It's easy for people to write about their feelings in a journal. It's more difficult, however, to convert personal experiences into stories worthy of publicationfiction, non-fiction, or poetry. Filled
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They were coming off a seemingly endless string of losing records. They were considered years away from legitimate contention. They were derided and disregarded as a matter of course. But in 2015 the
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One fateful day, Lucy is invited to study at the prestigious Overworld Academy. The Academy offers her the opportunity to learn all of the secrets of the Overworldand it’s an opportunity she can’t mis
My Very First Prayers is charming collection of daily devotions and prayers to share with your young child and to read as a family. With more than 120 memorable prayers about all the things in a child
Angel Khoury is sick and tired. Tired of her job dancing in a London Gentleman’s Club and sick of her troubles with women. But when Angel is offered freelance work in a sleepy little village on the so
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From nationally-recognized tax expert, bestselling author, and columnist at MarketWatch, DEDUCT EVERYTHING! is full of strategies and tips, organized by topic, designed to reduce taxes in everyday lif
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