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A quick and necessary read for anyone about to start or at the early stage of investing in stocks. Most of the trading mistakes beginner traders do are a result of their unprepared / undisciplined personalities, attitudes and actions. While most of the writings about stock trading give more concern to markets and stocks' technicalities, this book sheds the light on and provide tips about the major personal characteristics and key qualities that a...
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Discover these "novels about the gentle rhythms of English village life," as a community bands together to save their beloved local church (The New York Times). The first day of October brings an unheralded and violent storm, which whips through Fairacre, blowing down trees and telephone poles-and, worst of all, damaging the roof of St. Patrick's Church. The inhabitants of tiny Fairacre can't imagine how they will be able to afford the repairs, until...
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Set in Caxley, the quiet country town neighboring the village of Fairacre, The Caxley Chronicles follow two intertwined families, the Howards and the Norths, through the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century. The first Caxley tale, The Market Square, introduces the deep-rooted camaraderie of Septimus Howard and Bender North, whose friendship survives misunderstandings, the tragedy of war, and the bitterness of loss. The story of their families...
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"Vivid, visceral, and sexy-I loved it." -JEN DEVON, author of Bend Toward the Sun
The headlines dubbed it the art heist of the decade…
Twenty years ago, Johanna Porter was a rising star in the art world. Now she's an unknown soccer mom. When an invitation arrives for an elite gallery opening for her former lover, the great Nestor Pinedo, Johanna wants to throw it in the trash where it belongs. But with some styling help from her daughter, she...
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Open the gate to Fairacre, America's favorite English village. Having bid a last farewell to her pupils at Fairacre School, Miss Read settles down to what she hopes will be a relaxing retirement. It is not entirely so, of course. She finds herself as busy and in demand as ever: on holiday in Florence, helping with church and school affairs, and offering a kindly ear to her eccentric neighbors. With her teaching days behind her, Miss Read discovers...
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Maladies and Medicine offers a lively exploration of health and medical cures in early modern England. The introduction sets out the background in which the body was understood, covering the theory of the four humors and the ways that male and female bodies were conceptualized. It also explains the hierarchy of healers from university trained physicians, to the itinerant women healers who traveled the country offering cures based on inherited knowledge...
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Ready to Master the Art of Winemaking? Uncover the Secrets to Crafting Premium Homemade Wine in Just 5 Simple Steps, Even If You're a Complete Novice.
Have you ever been captivated by the allure of winemaking but felt it was too complex or intimidating? Think again. With "Master Winemaking," you'll journey from being a complete beginner to a skilled vintner, all in the comfort of your home. This book is your ultimate guide to creating exceptional...
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1013AD: King Ethelred has fled England, abandoning his country to the cruelty of the Danish usurper, Svienn Forkbeard, and his malevolent son, Cnut. Seeking refuge in Normandy, Ethelred hopes to secure a life free from danger, one where he'll be able to take care of his family and avoid the intrigue and double-dealing that had blighted his reign back home.
Yet not every Englishman is happy to just leave their nation to the Danes. A son of Ethelred,...
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The chaotic, confusing, funny, and inspiring story of ten-year-old Queenie and her mission to fit in and make friends at her new school while figuring out how to manage her ADHD.
When ten-year-old Queenie and her family move from small-town Ontario to a glitzy suburb of Vancouver, she is desperate to fit in and make a best friend for the first time in her life. With her creativity and bubbly personality, Queenie arrives at Western Canada Preparatory...
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What do you consider to be your biggest flaw?...You may be an inveterate procrastinator. You may feel like you failed as a parent. You are not alone in feeling this way. Everybody has their flaws and foibles. What matters is how we deal with them.According to Brené Brown, she has collected thousands of stories from people worldwide about shame and its effects on the human mind.It is clear from these stories that those who embrace their imperfections...
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After 25 years of marriage Stella has adapted her life satisfactorily around her husband's workaholic hours and his apparent disinterest in herself and their son. Until.....one day her world comes crashing down when he's forced to reveal that he's borrowed large sums of money, supposedly for his business, using their home as collateral without her knowledge. The bank is calling in the debt, which opens a floodgate of fury when Stella realises the...
13) Blame
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A young man must confront his traumatic childhood when his estranged father dies under suspicious circumstances in this "raw, startlingly honest novel" (Matthew Norman).
Lucas is just a boy in the summer of 1989, when he witnesses an event that will tear his family apart. Over a decade later, Lucas learns that his estranged father has succumbed to a heart attack-news that leaves him oddly cold. Confused by his own lack of grief, Lucas escapes to New...
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Die industrielle Zivilisation hat keine Zukunft. Sie basiert grundsätzlich auf unbegrenztem Wachstum – auf einem begrenzten Planeten. Die unverminderte, rücksichtslose Verbrennung von fossilen Rohstoffen heizt das Klima weiter an. Durch kleinteilige Reformen und technologische Innovationen, wie sie gegenwärtig auf der politischen Agenda stehen, wird sich das Problem aber nicht in den Griff bekommen lassen. Eher früher als später wird – so...
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Save the date for some English village fun. In the Cotswolds village of Thrush Green, celebrations are underway. A statue of Nathaniel Patten has graced the green for years, but little is known of the village's most distinguished son until an unexpected letter arrives. When the correspondence shows that one hundred years have passed since the opening of Patten's mission school in Africa, coinciding with the centenary of Thrush Green's own village...
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A new season brings changes-and hope-to the little English village of Thrush Green, from the beloved author of the Fairacre series. Nestled in the heart of the Cotswolds, Thrush Green is normally a peaceful place. But as autumn turns to winter, feelings are running high in the village. Miss Fogerty, a respected teacher at the village school for over thirty years, is troubled by the methods of the new young teacher. Dotty Harmer takes up driving, much...
18) Butterfly Gate
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A Brother and Sister leave our world and its rules behind, journeying into legend through the Butterfly Gate, where every step they take will come at a price. Butterfly Gate follows the story of two siblings who, after throwing themselves headlong into another world, must face the brutal reality that lies beyond and find their place amidst an empire built after a revolution against the Gods. An ongoing, episodic, SF odyssey, Butterfly Gate is also...
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Two timelines, one story. Gold, family secrets and an astrolabe bring them together across the years.
2023 When Danielle Roberts inherits a boarding house in Charters Towers, her first thought is that it's a scam. Assured by the solicitor it isn't, she decides to make a quick trip and sort everything out. She has no intention of staying. A pastry chef, she owns a café in Redcliffe.
The first person she sees when she arrives, is the last person...
20) Lenin Lives?
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Lenin's work and influence have often been written off as no longer relevant, and many today consider this to be so. Lenin has, they claim, had his day, even though he is still revered in China, the world's most populous country. However, Lenin, like his mentor Marx, has had a tendency to rise from apparent decline and oblivion to renewed force and influence.
This study examines the key elements of Lenin's life and career, the consolidation of his...