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Ed Flippen is a practicing attorney in Richmond, Virginia. Before attending law school, he was a stockbroker on Wall Street - a job he was fired from at a time when his wife was expecting their first child. Subsequently, he received help from his father-in-law in getting a job. Since then, Flippen has helped over 100 people, including bankers, government officials, lawyers, secretaries, teachers, and recent high school and college graduates, with...
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Traces the history of skin and scuba diving, outlines the basic principles of diving, explains safety measures and their value, and discusses selection and care of equipment. A handy illustrated guide, filled with step-by-step instructions for teen-agers and their coaches
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Religion, liberation, and oppressionof course desire for and horning-blows pave own ways in while discussing importance and probabilities of water resources in a monsoon dominating river full land. The mother soil earth is ours and full of graces, where we have to make life together merrily, and enchant streaming joyously. The religious and moral values suppose assist human being go loyal to the cause of causes the truth and beauty, quite often keep...
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En tiempos de política virtual, ni los algoritmos más sofisticados pueden sustituir la vigencia de la política como arte, tragedia o fiasco. En la vida política hay intereses, espurios o no, pasión, cálculo, simulación. Así, puede tener la nobleza del ser humano aspirando al bien común o la condición rectilínea de poder por el poder, a costa de todo. Habitualmente, es ambas cosas a la vez y por eso es casi obligado practicarla u observarla...
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You've been accepted to come to Canada, one of the world's most welcoming countries. Now, what will you need to do once you've arrived? This book, part of the Canadian Newcomers series, provides 365 tips for your first 365 days in Canada on everything from finding a doctor to opening a bank account to searching for the right schools for your children to buying real estate. It is an indispensable guide on how you can make your first year a great success...
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There are numerous Order of Battle books on the market. So what makes this one so special? Why should one decide on this particular book? Most Order of Battle books usually deal only at the division and corps level of a country's army. Most higher commands are not covered. This book deals with all the branches of a country's military, giving a breakdown of all the major echelons of command, from theater down to brigade, under each component (army...
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Among teenagers Romeo and Juliet appears to be the most popular of the Shakespeare tragedies. Perhaps this is because of the age of the protagonists. I suspect it is something far deeper than that, however. The depth of passion evinced by both Romeo and Juliet is familiar to most adolescents, and their isolation from the world of adults is also recognized by contemporary teens. Capulets ranting when dealing with Juliets nascent independence is no...
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Crime Fiction contains a literary analysis of three culturally significant stories - The Big Sleep, Anil's Ghost and The Real Inspector Hound. Each analysis deals with Tzvetan Todorov theory about the dual narrative structure of crime fiction stories, the context and outstanding features as distinct examples of the evolving and dynamic crime fiction genre. The book also contains an introduction to genre theory, background knowledge on the evolution...
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Le Christianisme en Hati de Dr Jeanty est devenu un classique pour tudier et comprendre l'histoire du christianisme au contact avec la culture et l'histoire d'Hati. Prpar l'intention des tudiants en thologie, le livre pourtant se lit comme un rcit de l'entre et du dveloppement du protestantisme en Hati, avec un survol des principales missions et leurs leaders. Il passe aussi en revue lEglise Catholique dHati et le culte vaudou. C'est ici la version...
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Homework for Grown-ups is a brilliantly informative and entertaining book of old-school knowledge for adults. This chapter is the ultimate refresher course on science. (Confused about chromosomes? No longer! Don't know your Darwin from your Newton? You will!) Packed with essential facts, figures and theories, Homework for Grown-ups is a practical and wonderfully nostalgic revision guide for adults that will entertain while exercising the mind. It'll...
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Vera Tanger has lived an exciting life. As the wife of an ambassador, she's lived in many countries around the world, making her an expert in entertaining and etiquette. So when two of her three children announced that they were both getting married in the same year, they naturally turned to her for help. Enthusiastically, Vera put her global experience to work and decided to share her experience and insight with others looking to plan weddings with...
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Una de las formas que el puertorriqueño se define y continúa con su puertorriqueñidad es manteniéndose en su cultura no importa en donde se encuentre. La diáspora puertorriqueña se conoce prácticamente en los Estados Unidos y es ese conglomerado de inmigrantes que se aglutinaron en específicos sectores de la Unión Norteamericana específicamente en la ciudad de Nueva York donde se establecieron e iniciaron con ese encuentro que les daba cohesión...
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How to resist the evil temptations of the life of America when one has full right of freedom, opportunity, privacy and resources?Our family is in great agony since our college going daughter, age 19, asked our permission to marry her classmate, a non-Muslim youth. We are Muslim migrants, but our two sons and one daughter are all born and brought up in the USA. We are at loss to decide. Please help.Our eldest son, a teen of 18, has fallen in bad company...
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But the reality for the love of money many will do almost anything to get it, and once gotten the evil deeds and sorrow follows. Money issues are everyday issues for someone or somebody begging, borrowing, or stealing the thing: Money, Money, Money Whether you are smart or wise come and follow the accounts of the victors and the spoils then you decide who were smarter.
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This book is an updated study of how to clear the mind of old fashioned, inhibiting and exploiting barriers which hinder and prevent one from handling life in a more self-controlling manner through the headquarters of mind. This study helps to broaden ones perspective that allows deep down choices to arise for enlightening a whole new field of direction in life. Avenues of endeavor rarely approached will be opened for journeys into the mind that can...
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El vino, bebida noble y civilizada, nos proporciona salud y alegría, mejorando nuestras reuniones. Apréndalo a degustar: arte, ciencia y placer sensorial. Con más de 150,000 referencias en el mercado el viejo mundo y el nuevo mundo nos ofrecen variada gama de extraordinarios vinos.
No se prive de este placer, otrora reservado a reyes, jefes de estado, aristócratas y personal especializado. Hoy el conocimiento es de todo aquel que lo desee y esta...
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What fictional detective survived an attempted murder by his creator? (Sherlock Holmes)
Who was the single mother, living on state benefits, whose wizardly series of novels has made her the richest writer in England? (J. K. Rowling)
Which American poet composed and read a poem at John F. Kennedy's inauguration? (Robert Frost)
Richard Lederer is the author of more than 3,000 books and articles about language. His syndicated column, "Looking at...
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This book provides an essential aid to presiding officers enabling them to conduct better business meetings, meetings that are productive, efficient and legal. It covers, in brief, every facet essential to conducting the best meeting possible and should be included in every organization's library to be used by its elected officers, committee chairs and every member. Meetings go better when everyone is following the same set of rules.
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We've made it easy for you. This ebook gives you the best of our 30 years of work. We have been studying government programs for over 30 years. We maintain the world's largest database of government grants, loans, direct payments, free services, and even free trips and gifts that average Americans are eligible for. We've sold over four million books and served Americans of all incomes from Fortune 500 executives to the average consumer struggling...
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PPU This story is a futuristic vision that can be considered exemplary of the major changes happening down the road into the future on planet Earth, which leads to an inevitable breakaway from Earth for some of the people to pioneer elsewhere in space. Where they go and the excitement encountered with their abandoning people on Earth is a mind-bending experience for those who are grabbed by the occurrence of limitless possibilities in the paradoxes...
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