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Twelve short stories: "The Prussian Officer", "Goose Fair", "The Thorn in the Flesh", "The Shades of Spring", "Daughters of The Vicar", "A Fragment of Stained Glass", "Second Best", "The Shadow in the Rose Garden", "The White Stocking", "A Sick Collier", "The Christening", "Odour of Chrysanthemums".

10-year-old Johnny's toymaker father has volunteered for service in the British Army of World War I. At first, his spirits are high as he completes basic training, but his tone becomes grim once he reaches the front. To ease his son's worries, Johnny's dad carves him little figurines that reflect his experiences in the war. Comprised of letters from his father, followed by Johhny's feelings, Lord of the Nutcracker Men is a haunting and poignant tale.

Bookselling burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr doesn’t generally get philosophical about his criminal career. He’s good at it, it’s addictively exciting—and it pays a whole lot better than pushing old tomes. He steals therefore he is, period.

Decades of research document plants' impressive abilities: they communicate with one another, manipulate other species, and move in sophisticated ways. Lesser known, however, is the new evidence that plants may actually be sentient. Although plants may not have brains, their microscopic commerce exposes a system not unlike the neuronal networks running through our own bodies. Paco Calvo offers an entirely new perspective on plant biology. In Planta Sapiens, he shows for the first time how we can use tools developed in animal cognition studies in a quest to deeply understand plant intelligence.

Audio Journeys explores Copan, the ancient cultural center of Honduras. For years, Copán has been renowned for its magnificent Mayan ruins, a designated World Heritage Site believed by archeologists to be the cultural center, the Paris, of the Maya world.

The Peach Blonde Bomber introduces Zackary Nixon Johnson, private investigator, his sidekick Harv, artificial intelligence, and the world and setting where the Nuclear Bombshell series takes place.

What is it about the cat that captivates the creative imagination? No other creature has inspired so many authors to take pen to page. Mystery, horror, science fiction, and fantasy stories have all been written about cats.

I am seventy-seven, and before I know it, I will be in my eighties. During the past year I was diagnosed with stage three cancer. I am still recovering. I was faced with the reality that here are really only two questions we have to answer in life – how to live and how to die. We all must face death, our greatest challenge, sooner or later, but I now choose to face it on my own terms instead of just letting it happen. But above all I choose to love life. This book is my journey through life and all the lessons and treasures I have garnered in the process.

This simple, straightforward, powerful guide can help you reap the profound rewards of this ancient discipline. Outlining an easy-to-follow and no-nonsense approach that enables you to bring meditation effortlessly into your life, no matter how great the demands on your time, How to Meditate is an unrivaled source of inspiration and practical instruction for anyone seeking inner peace, relief from stress, and increased self-knowledge. It offers a sympathetic initiation into the benefits of meditation and a description of the four distinctly different techniques.

"Readers of Brooklyn Noir will recall that its contents were labeled by neighborhood - Bay Ridge, Canarsie, Greenpoint, etc. We have chosen the same principle here, and the book's contents do a good job of covering the island, from C.J. Sullivan's Inwood and Charles Ardai's Upper East Side, to Justin Scott's Chelsea and Carol Lea Benjamin's Greenwich Village."

Esta edicion especial lectores de Entrevista Al Extraterrestre (Sin Las Notas Al Pie) incluye nicamente las notas originales, las notas personales escritas por Matilde MacElroy O'Donnell, y una copia de las transcripciones Ultra Secretas de las Entrevistas Oficiales de la Fuerza Area del Ejercito de los EEUU recibidas de Matilde en 2007.

From his challenging but exciting youth in South Africa to his early days in America as a comedian, this audiobook reveals Trevor Noah's secrets to success, incorporating the details of his private and public life. As you listen, you’ll discover his untold stories, legacy, and struggles.

Matthew Scudder and his wife, Elaine, talk of the night they met while listening to music in various places around their part of New York.

In Understanding Your Brain and Mind, you’ll hear from more than 40 leading scientists with special insight into the title question. Among many others, you’ll meet luminaries such as Christof Koch, president and chief scientific officer of the Allen Institute of Brain Science in Seattle; Baroness Susan Greenfield, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease researcher and member of the House of Lords; Robert Stickgold, director of the Center of Sleep and Cognition at Harvard; and renowned scientist Jared Diamond, the author of best-selling books.

More than a quarter of a century ago, Leo Rosten presented the first comprehensive and hilariously entertaining lexicon of the colorful and deeply expressive language of Yiddish. Said to "give body and soul to the Yiddish language," The Joys of Yiddish went on to become an indispensable tool for writers, journalists, politicians and students, as well as a perennial best seller for three decades.

Ken Blanchard transformed modern leadership theory through unlikely means—by catching people doing things right. Written with warmth and humor, this authorized biography reveals how a mediocre student who was told he "couldn't write" became a bestselling author and a globally renowned management expert.

Lacking health insurance when he was diagnosed with cancer, Shawn Speakman asked friends in the science fiction and fantasy writing community to donate short stories he could use to counter mounting medical debt. The result was Unfettered, an anthology offering tales from some of the best authors working today. Now, in Unfettered III, Speakman continues to pay forward the aid he received, raising money to combat medical debt for SF&F artists and authors.

Does what we believe about how people become Christians change how the church does evangelism? In this concise book, Michael Lawrence explains the doctrine of conversion and helps us consider the relationship between what we believe about how people are saved and our approach to sharing the gospel in the context of the local church.

If you and your child love to enjoy books together, then you are going to love this! The Day My Fart Followed Me Home is a journey of Timmy and how he meets his new friend!

Les étoiles ne brillent jamais plus fort que dans les ténèbres. Au coeur de la glace, sur les flancs du Roc Noir, existe un puits dans lequel on précipite les enfants trop différents. On le nomme le Gouffre des Absents, une menace qui a toujours plané sur la vie de Yaz. Car, pour endurer les mois de nuit, l'air presque figé par le gel, il faut appartenir à une espèce à part. Et Yaz n'en fait pas partie.