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Author Kathryn Latour gives it to you straight. She has written a how-to manual for women to become the type of person she absolutely loathes: social self-promoters. This tongue-in-cheek self-help book, if applied, will help women navigate the social seas to become socially popular where everyone in her community knows who she is and regards her as the most accomplished person they know but is someone a few of us will actually hate.
"These women...
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Ted is my husband. He is a retired veteran from the Army National Guard and works in the IT and security industry. While his background makes him a force to be, reckoned with in many categories on Jeopardy, after being, deployed for a total of three-tours in his twenties and thirties, he missed a lot in the pop culture world. Pop culture is one of many topics that lead to hysterical interaction for Ted and me. Our life is full of adventure and laughter...
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“My Miniature Pinscher Chihuahua” is a story of a mother who wants to fulfill her child's desire of getting a pet dog for his birthday, hoping to instill in him a sense of responsibility at the same time. Her son, DJ, has been putting this wish on his birthday wish list for four years in a row, but with other needs and bills to take care of, she couldn't afford this gift-that is, until his son's tenth birthday came around. Dajay is so happy and...
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Walter and Julia Alston were two parents with two different upbringings-one was from a family of means, and the other was from a family with very little. One was about trying to have success and wealth, and the other was about having nothing, spending and splurging and wasting more than could be grasped. Both Walter and his spouse, Julia, had major flaws. Both were all about him and herself. They had no plans to effectively share between themselves...
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The birds and the bees is supposedly the story of what sex and love is all about, and the speech of all its meanings and lure are presumed to be delivered by mother/father/both or that adult in your life well before any such dealings. Well, now, readers, raise your hand up high if you ever got that talk in due time!
Much like the majority of youngsters, the main character in this book, Loddy, never got that speech and therefore was faced with life-altering...
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This story takes place in an elementary school located in a government housing project in the early 1950s. The student with a leading part in the production feels insulted by the teacher who continues to correct his recitation. He decides to "get even" with the teacher during the opening night. The result of his action is a disaster!
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Jameson was about to propose to the woman he loved, but when he overhears one conversation, it's clear she's not the one for him, and it breaks his heart. With support of his friends and a busy work life, he deals with it as best he can. But then, a small accident and a broken phone changed his life forever. Sometimes you never know...
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Church family and holiday gatherings supposed to be used for building a beautiful strong relationship with family, in-laws, and relatives, but some decide to use holidays to create hidden closets right under someone's nose. Most people try representing themselves as honest, loving, and trustworthy people without leaving a mark that everyone can acknowledge and say, "You're not an angel of light."
Being in the church ministry holds a powerful image...
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Never was so much condensed into so little by so few. Just one, Louis.
-Winston Churchill
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn... about this book.
-Clark Gable
Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you... with books like these.
-Jesus Christ
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, in the wrong direction by reading this book.
-Lao Tzu
If at once you don't succeed, try, try, try, try again, but...
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Just short humorous stories of people, places, hunting and fishing misadventures, common sense, man's best friend, boats, canoes, payback, ol' Greybeard (the legend of the woods), the "real" hunting magazines' history, Da Nort' country, eh? and personal "egg-on-one's face" with a chortle or chuckle thrown in due to obvious self-embarrassment!
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This is the book men and nosy women have been waiting for. Underachieve with Ease is the recently declassified manual of tried-and-sometimes-true secrets on how men can do as little as possible to satisfy the minimum requirements of marriage.
This mother of all marriage books is liberally peppered with humor, outright speculation, and occasional inadvertent wisdom. In this book, men will learn valuable life skills such as how to avoid chores, cooking,...
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The joke goes, "What do an Arkansas divorce, tornado and meth lab have in common? Somebody's gonna lose a trailer."
Join author Gary Strakshus on his wild ride of more than four decades managing trailer parks in Arkansas. Situations include the humorous, sad, confusing, exhausting, rewarding, and unbelievable. All the stories in this book are true and actually happened. Names have been changed to protect the guilty!
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Meet Charles, a man with an IQ matching Einstein's but looking like an escapee from some B-rated Western. Mischievous, sparkling green eyes, twitching chestnut moustache, and curly, dark hair. How does this curious Irishman teach those around him about love, honor, integrity, and endurance? From his own words to words shared by others, join in this wonderful love story that transcends even death. Enjoy the prankster, giggling as karma catches up and...
14) Sunday Brunch
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Life can be busy with so many moving and demanding parts, work, family, and civic organization duties that it hardly leaves time for a woman to take time to attend a party or a girls' weekend, but Sunday Brunch is a reading adventure that gives you the boost you need from a girls' weekend without the financial pressure, time management, and the looming pressure of what to wear and the frustration of a hangover. Ladies, squeeze a few hours out of your...
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Life is full of surprises, but most are not on the scale of those experienced by Woodward Shakspear, an aspiring playwright who can't seem to get a break. That is, until he receives a letter that is going to change his life. He will be doing a lot of traveling and meeting many people, so many people, in fact, that it makes his head spin. This unassuming accountant has no idea what is about to confront him. His peaceful life in the United States will...
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This book examines the whole of Scripture as the unfolding marriage covenant between God and his people. The book demonstrates that God's marriage to his people is the central theme of the Bible. Eighteenth-century Reformed pastor Jonathan Edwards captured that perspective when he observed:
The creation of the world seems to have been especially for this end, that the eternal Son of God might obtain a spouse ... to whom he might ... pour forth all...
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Many thoughts go through a youngster's mind when the specter of divorce is thrust upon them. It can be a very scary and life-changing event. While there is no ideal way to explain divorce or separation to children, the story attempts to offer an illustration in a manner easy for younger readers to understand. In The Pigeon and the Seagull, the author attempts to simplify and explain the events surrounding divorce and, ultimately, provide a positive...
18) The Puzzle
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Jacob has been married for over fourteen years and begins receiving love interest letters from a secret admirer. He is flattered and curious about the source of these notes which include puzzle pieces. Initially, he shares his seductress' letters with his wife, but as time goes on, he stops. He has always been faithful, but will he fall to temptation? Find out in this enticing love mystery.
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As a child, Lindsay McGhee saw the wrong kinds of love demonstrated, causing her to form an unrealistic idea of what marriage should be. Having married young and not understanding God's agenda and intention for marriage, Lindsay was caught off guard when the door opened for the side chick to step in and claim the spot she once held in her husband's heart.
“Lessons Learned from a Side Chick” is Lindsay's truth about how she learned to love God,...
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Finding Socksville is an imaginative story about where all lost socks go. When Tomas and Matilda decide to help their mom and dad find their socks, they discover Socksville, a town where lost socks go to play baseball, run races, dance, hike, ride bikes, and all the other things that socks like to do. Tomas and Matilda convince their socks that if they come home, they can still do all those things just like they did in Socksville.
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