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am single but I am hoping. Praying for a mate. Someone to settle down with, marry and share a nice and successful life with. I believe that someone special is searching for me too, but, before I meet them. Before they show up at the door, let me make a check list similar to like when I go shopping at the store. I need to know if Im really prepared. OkayMy wardrobes together. I may have a good looking home and possibly a nice size bank account. These...
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This book is the next best thing to "Dr. Spock". My book gives parents, educators and anybody who is interested in the growth and development of children and what they are trying to say even if they cannot yet talk. This is why I decided to name my book "Hey Up There, I'm Down Here". If you want answers to some of your baffling questions about your child that you just dont understand, you can e-mail me at "joyandpain504@aol.com".
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As the evening sun settled behind the Rocky Mountains, a cool breeze licked at the faces of the two young boys who sat on the front porch steps, whittling. Raven Morgan, the elder, a nine-year-old, looked at his brothers notched and crooked piece of wood. You are doing a fine job, Hawk. What is it going to be? Seemingly offended, but only for a moment, Hawk gave a sideways glance and answered, Smart as you are, Raven, and you can't tell? Amused at...
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Birds do it, bees do it, we all do it, and sometimes the result is...a family. Lineage, ancestry, relatives; the ones we can never escape from, nor should we want to. Sometimes we get a break and our families are fantastic.All your needs are met and you are well prepared to conquer your fears, make the right decisions, and find the perfect mate.But all too often, we are taught trepidation, manipulation, and arrogance. These tools served us to a point...
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The Book of Jack was written because of a promise to God that if He let Jack live through all that happened; He would draw a map so that others as lost as Jack was might find their way to freedom and God. It was written so that the citizen might rise, the Atheist might find God, and the handicapped might become handicapable.
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In Kiss of the Geisha, Page and Kenji Tanaka are enjoying a passionate life together following their whirlwind courtship, when they are drawn into a mysterious murder.Page is teaching part time at Kyoto University when a fellow professor dies of poisoning from the deadly puffer fish, fugu.Several other men have died in the same way, and Page begins to suspect that the professor was murdered because of his research into Japanese war crimes involving...
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You may not recognize love at first, which is why you must treasure it, whenever you find it. To see properly, one looks for qualities of "humility" and "understanding". They are related to "kindness" and "equity". While "anticipation" and "determination" are required, you must also distinguish between "wanting" and "needing". Acknowledging the role of "patience" and "understanding", love will be as reliable and enduring as memory allows. This book...
9) Basia
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Basia is an emotional journey of a woman through childhood and adolescence into a turbulent adulthood full of revelations and deceptions. As a teenager, Basia observes the complete deterioration of her parents marriage and her mothers struggle to keep her family and kids together. She knows her mother desperately hangs on to the memories of her first love, but the memories are too painful to share. When her mother dies when Basia is just twenty years...
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Young Rebel With a Cause concerns a young surgeon who graduated from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and joins the Confederate forces but is concerned about saving lives of both Union and Confederate soldiers who were being killed in large numbers as a result of the Civil War. The book has a great deal of action, historical background, romance, interesting characters and much to be learned about the War and the State of Maryland.
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By working as a therapist, with families for over thirty-five years, Florence Bienenfeld, Ph. D. , M. F. T. has put together the definitive guide for raising children to become loving and empowered adults. Using anecdotal case studies and contextual principles, Parenting with Love will teach you as parents: How to create trust between you and your children How to address each child as special and unique Strategies that work to create harmony and security...
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Praise for Happily Separating Wise advice from two very competent and caring attorneys. Must reading for anyone who is contemplating separation or divorce. Jonathan A. Azrael, Attorney I have always lived by the principle that you can disagree without being disagreeable. Happily Separating makes for a good title and a good book. Following the common sense approach of this book can certainly help spare misery on the part of all concerned. Mitchell...
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Follow the journey of Joey Mancuso becoming Joey Fizz as he travels in the crucible of his existence seeking to find his place in the universe on his own terms. Share in Joeys journey returning from the Korean War, conflicted about returning home to the conflicts in his own family. Be with Joey on his way after the war guiding a blinded war buddy to fulfill a dream going to Yosemite National Park then visiting the home of a dead buddy from the Blackfeet...
14) Weird Jack
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This is the story of a super-genius we nicknamed Weird Jack because he acted like no one else. He led me and my cousin Jeff on a series of misadventures from a Krishna Temple to a mental institution in just two years. Jack began acting strange and was committed to a mental hospital by his father. I wasnt sure he belonged there and helped him escape. Sorry, cant give away the ending. . .
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Songs of Exotic Birds contains poems written over a span of sixty years, forming an arc of life and capturing moments the writers memory stubbornly cannot lose. Merle Fischlowitz also writes in the voices of others that his psychologist's ear has caught at special moments or rites of passage, where irony imbues the experiences. From childhood memories to today's cyber-news, these poems invite you into a garden where the exotic and prosaic, domestic...
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How many times have you cried out something like IVE HEARD ALL OF THE THEORIES! I WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO! Power Tools is the book for you! A practical book for people either already challenged by someones discipline & relationship problems, or are determined to build the most solid foundation possible for discipline and relationship successes for their children, or anyone else they care about. Power Tools wont leave you wondering what to do. You...
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The heart is one of the strongest muscles in the human body. Not only physically does it keep all of us alive, but mentally and spiritually it works overtime to keep all of us somewhat balanced, happy and in the game of life. As we all know, the latter two mentioned are not entirely comfortable with the challenges that life presents to us. Here is a collection of poems from an emotional and passionate leader among poets that will stir up memories,...
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Janelle was eleven years old when she wrote her first poem as part of a sixth-grade writing assignment. Many were moved by her heartfelt poem about the loss of her brother, and their praise inspired her to continue writing. Journal entries and short stories followed. Many of these appear in Mosaic. Through poems that she describes as candid conversations, Mosaic will show her growth as a person and as a writer from ages eleven to twenty-seven. The...
19) The Journey
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This story tells of a family whose lives were ordinary and extraordinary at the same time. It is about the very unusual set of circumstances that highlighted the joy and pain of living and dying. It is about a family keeping promises and living the lessons that were taught. This is the true story of my mothers journey into Heaven and how she took us with her.
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Kaye Mason has found the love of her life and is planning a wedding and a new life. It is a far different life from what she had expected, but she finds that the quiet country back roads of Kentucky life hold more joy than she could have anticipated. Her family is there along with newfound friends to support her during her first year of teaching, which proves to hold more problems than she could ever have imagined. All the problems of living an educator's...
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