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With four major theme parks and 22 hotels, Disney World can be daunting this indispensable travel planner simplifies the process. Each of the four major parks gets in-depth coverage, complete with ful
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Los Angeles shows readers how to quickly drive to and enjoy the best hikes from the San Gabriel Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.With time, health, and pin money at a premium,
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Dorte is twenty and adrift, pretending to study literature at Copenhagen University. In reality she is riding the trains and clocking up random encounters in her new home by the railway tracks. She re
Your wife is having an affair with my husband. It has caused some trouble in my marriage and I thought you should know.One phone call in December 2005 begins the compelling, unpredictable story of Fak
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Eight Children in Narnia is a detailed study of C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, exploring the story’s influences, themes, symbols, ironies and the reasons for its enormous popular success. Lobd
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Belinda Bauer is a phenomenal voice in British crime fiction, whose work has garnered rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic.The Shut Eye is a spine-tingling, edge-of-your-seat thriller about a wo
Despite recent reports of soaring corporate profits and gross domestic product growth, the effects of the Great Recession are still very real to the nearly 20 million Americans who are either jobless
Blue Ice is the new book from award-winning photographer Alex Bernasconi, who is known for his unique approach to wildlife photography. Bernasconi’s breathtaking panoramas reveal how the extreme clima
In The Lightkeepers, we follow Miranda, a nature photographer who travels to the Farallon Islands, an exotic and dangerous archipelago off the coast of California, for a one-year residency capturing t
Valerie Trueblood is, simply put, one of the greatest story writers currently working in the American language, as the prize committees acknowledge. In this, her third beautifully made collection, eac
Office 2016 in Easy Steps guides users through Microsoft’s latest version of Office, so they soon master its new features. It concentrates on the most useful and productive elements of Office 2016, co
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The second edition of iPhone for Seniors in Easy Steps covers iOS 9 expected from Apple Fall 2015.In full-color and straightforward, jargon-free language, iPhone for Seniors in Easy Steps, 2nd edition
The literal millions who have read Dan Millman’s books know that he approaches the complex topic of life’s meaning with a unique and exceedingly appealing blend of wisdom, wit, and practicality. His i
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Sometimes fences make for nice neighbors. Other times they hide the evil within. FromNew York Times best-selling author Vincent Zandri comes a riveting novel of lies, deceit, and murder right next doo
A disciplined mind gives us the focus required to achieve our physical fitness goals to support a healthy body; a healthy body gives us the energy and longevity that we need to achieve our larger life
Our planet is approaching a critical environmental juncture. Across the globe we continue to deplete the five pools of carbon soil, wood, coal, oil, and natural gas at an unsustainable rate. We’ve bur
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Born and raised with the kind of expectations that often accompany privilege, Jim Lenfestey approached his thirtieth birthday in a state of acute anxiety. A young family and a demanding work life on o
Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Volume 1 delivers risky, romantic, heart-pounding thrills. Joyful, daring, and authentic, these steamy stories revel in erotic adventure, from the sparks between stra
It may be shocking and it’s certainly dangerous. Nevertheless, this unique book represents the definitive resource on how professional con men cheat at blackjack and other card games. The author, a fo
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Expert consultant Mark Siebert delivers the how-to guide to employing the greatest growth strategy ever franchising. Siebert shares 30 years of experience, insights, and practical advice to help reade
