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LEARN THE ART OF PRODUCTIVE PROCRASTINATION
Put more razzamatazz in your life with some sizzling ideas on how to handle time to your benefit and personal satisfaction. The author interviewed clinical psychologists, governmental leaders, and successful business people to arrive at ways and means of making the clock work more favorably for you. The slogan of the National Procrastinator's Club is "Don't wait. Procrastinate NOW." Wise observations from...
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ANOTHER RICK O'SHEA WILD ADVENTURE! Rick, Helga, and Lute are commissioned to find the truth about a claim made that Russia's sale of Alaska to the US was not legally completed in 1867. Once again, their signature sleuthing methods enable them to quickly find the truth and resolve the matter once and for all. Of course, this leads to more offers: uncover the thieves of rough diamonds from a Canadian mine, and help neutralize a threat by radicals to...
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Veteran broadcaster John Rayburn here combines philosophy, poetry, inspiration, motivation, and touches of humor to provide comfort, cheer, and encouragement. This audiobook is an opportunity to collect your thoughts and set aside a few moments for contemplation in a busy, busy world.
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Eight fun and fantastical children's tales featuring marvelous dragons, from the author of The Railway Children and The Story of the Treasure Seekers.
Embark on an amazing journey through a world of dragons with these eight tales from the acclaimed imagination of E. Nesbit. In "The Book of the Beasts," a boy becomes king and is not prepared for the powerful magic inside a book he finds in the palace library. In "Uncle James, or The Purple Stranger,"...
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In 1870, the young San Francisco–based writer and editor Bret Harte (1836–1902) first compiled a single-volume edition of his rousing stories of life in the Wild West. Entitled The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches, the book propelled him almost overnight from local celebrity to American literary lion. Four of the most famous of those tales are included in this collection: the title story, "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," "Tennessee's Partner,"...
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Quiet Vision tracks Tom Swift from "His Motor Cycle" to "His Electric Locomotive." Many characters reoccur through the series including: Mary Nestor, who Tom eventually marries, Mr. Damon who is always blessing almost everything, Eradicate Sampson and his mule Boomerang who is braver and more intelligent than assumed and many others. Called an inventor, Tom Swift is more of a talented mechanic with a special love for airships and airplanes.
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Richard Hannay adventures volume 1
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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I snapped the switch, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the far corner which made me drop my cigar and fall into a cold sweat.' When Richard Hannay is warned of an assassination plot that has the potential to take Britain into a war, and then a few days later discovers the murdered body of the American that warned him in his flat, he becomes a prime...
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The words of Kahlil Gibran give his book The Prophet a broad range of inspiration and philosophy. They provide exceptional insight into human desires and understanding. The vivid observations are vibrant with feeling and acceptance of life's many questions and hopes. One review saluted the story as being untouched by the harshness of life. Gibran's other two books, The Forerunner and The Madman, are of deep assistance in the same manner.
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A seventeenth-century writer named Charles Perrault was sometimes called Mother Goose, an imaginary author of fairy tales. His early material was inspired and derived from earlier folk tales that he greatly embellished and improved. The Mother Goose creation was actually based on European popular tradition. She was never identified as an actual person but instead was merely a way of calling attention to popular and rural storytelling. The tales most...
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A collection of short stories featuring beloved detective Sherlock Holmes Originally published in 1927, these short stories represent the fifth and final collection of Arthur Conan Doyle's tales featuring Sherlock Holmes.
Note: The original text contained wording and phrasing choices that represented outdated cultural beliefs related to race. Per the publisher's discretion, this edition makes minor edits to these instances to avoid perpetuating racial...
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The Little Lame Prince by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
The Little Lame Prince is a story for children written by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik and first published in 1875. In the story, the young Prince Dolor, whose legs are paralyzed due to a childhood trauma, is exiled to a tower in a wasteland. As he grows older, a fairy godmother provides a magical traveling cloak so he can see, but not touch, the world. He uses this cloak to go on various adventures,...
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Just who was Edgar Allan Poe? Of course he was an author, but there were parts of his life that were shrouded in mystery, like many of his stories. The differences between fact and fiction were intermingled and became even more so after his death.
Readers around the world had their imaginations stimulated by his tales of mystery and sometimes horror. He was able to arouse emotions by making implausible subjects and events into believable happenings....