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"I wish I knew more about Western history."
Adult, parent, student, and traveler: Who of us hasn't had this thought? Sara Drogin, a veteran high-school history teacher, addresses this wish with Spare Me the Details!, a "refresher text" for adults and students. Written in a lively and conversational style, Spare Me the Details! provides a concise overview of Western civilization.
Spare Me the Details! begins with Ancient Greece and concludes with...
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Nobody sets out to become homeless or to sleep rough. But circumstances can conspire against you, leaving you vulnerable, frightened, very alone and perhaps even abused. Norwich Quaker Robert Ashton decided to he wanted to understand what led people to live sleep rough in our cities and spent summer 2019 talking to people in and around the streets of his city. Reading this book will give you an insight into homelessness and rough sleeping.
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Murdoch Mysteries volume 19
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When a young woman is robbed and murdered in her home adjacent to a homeless encampment, Murdoch, Brackenreid, and Watts look to the vagrants for a suspect. After they find looted goods from a series of neighborhood break-ins, the self-appointed mayor of the tent city points them towards Eddie Stone, an angry man who has been disrupting the otherwise calm, down-on-its luck community.
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Pawn Stars volume 11
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Do the math with the Pawn Stars when Rick considers paying ten times the face value of a rare $1,000 star note. Will the cash really be worth that kind of cash? Then, Rick sets his sights on a World War II Navy gun scope.
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A tribute to the parts we can live without... or can we?
This book sheds light on human body parts once considered extraneous but now — with modern medicine and modern medical paraphernalia — shown to play an important role in our healthful survival. With wit and research-honed wisdom, health writer Carol Ann Rinzler explains in layman's language why we need "bonus" body parts such as:
The appendix, once discarded as "the worm of the intestines,"...
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Offering tips on finding your own gardening style, choosing climate-appropriate plants, creating low-maintenance landscaping and hardscaping, and weeding efficiently and effectively, Freeman understands that there's no room for scolding, but there is a real need for encouragement and good humor.
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This book, geared specifically toward women, describes how to be a successful option trader, even if you hold down a full-time job or are a full-time stay-at-home mom. While option trading is definitely not a risk-free method of investment, for women who have a few hundred extra dollars that they want to use to break into investing, option trading can be a lucrative way to make money. This book explains what everything means and how to be an option...
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London has harbored many curious characters, but few more curious than the artist and visionary Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956).
A controversial enfant terrible of the Edwardian art world, the young Spare was hailed as a genius and a new Aubrey Beardsley, while George Bernard Shaw reportedly said, "Spare's medicine is too strong for the average man."
But Spare was never made for worldly success, and he went underground, falling out of the gallery...
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Kids Beach Club volume 13
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When he lashes out at his family in anger, Grey discovers that marshmallows can help him develop some self-control.
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A collection of interesting topics and ideas to fill spare moments...or perfect warm-up activities. 45 topics and mathematical ideas for the classroom or home, which are quick to introduce and set up but also genuinely stimulating and enriching. Although primarily designed to fill spare moments in normal lessons in Middle or High School, they enliven clubs, quizzes and end of term activities. They are an ideal source of thought-provoking investigations...
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Charles Blahous, one of the nation's foremost retirement security experts, explains the origins and dangers of current underfunding in our single-employer defined-benefit pension system and outlines the options for solving the problem and preventing the next taxpayer-financed bailout. He provides a tutorial on the basic workings of pension law, reviews the recent history that led to the worsening condition of the pension insurance system, and suggests...
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Since its first publication in March 2006, How to Grow A Multi-Million Dollar Property Portfolio--in your spare time has become an Australian investment classic and #1 best seller. But times have changed and strategic property investors will adapt, so this 10th anniversary edition has been fully updated taking into account the current economic and finance climate and is a must-read for all Australians keen to develop financial independence through...
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Tiger and Bunny volume 9
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Huang Pao-Lin, a.k.a. Dragon Kid, is a tomboy who doesn't like to dress in cute girly fashion. Meanwhile, Agnes assigns Kotetsu to babysit the mayor's infant son, but the baby takes a liking to Pao-Lin instead.
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Tiger and Bunny volume 9
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Huang Pao-Lin, a.k.a. Dragon Kid, is a tomboy who doesn't like to dress in cute girly fashion. Meanwhile, Agnes assigns Kotetsu to babysit the mayor's infant son, but the baby takes a liking to Pao-Lin instead.
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Lacey Pierce, recently returned from the Peace Corps in Africa, falls in love with a young lawyer and peace activist, Doug Pierce. Doug has been sentenced to prison for resisting the local draft during the Vietnam War. While waiting for the appeal on the case, Doug and Lacey start a lively commune. Doug wins his appeal and is assigned as civilian counsel for dissident GIs in the American military in Japan. In Japan, differences erode the couple's...
96) The rebel heir
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The Spare Heirs volume 2
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Caught in a web of lies, torn between duty and desire, what's a con artist to do but deceive all of London and steal the one lady who dared match wits with the devil himself?
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Never a dull moment! How Can Teenagers Spend Their Spare Time Usefully? Lending a Hand to the Family is a self-help book that includes wonderful participation ideas for the whole family. Some activities can be done alone, while others are group activities. This book will help eradicate boredom for teenagers and young adults, allowing them to spend their time in useful and interesting pursuits. Dont you wish you had this book years ago?
98) The Wicked heir
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The Spare Heirs volume 3
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When the love of Lady Isabelle Fairlyn's life is betrothed to her twin sister, Isabelle vows to find a suitable replacement before the end of the season. He must be a talented dancer, have a keen fashion sense, and be perfectly dashing in every way. Fallon St. James is the farthest thing from perfectly anything. As head of the secretive Spare Heirs Society, he must stick to the shadows...even as Isabelle's friendship pulls him reluctantly into the...
99) Spare room
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Lisa, a troubled young woman with a past, finds a beautiful room to rent in a house in North London. After moving in, she finds a suicide note hidden in her room. Her landlords insist the note's author doesn't exist, and that Lisa is their first tenant. Lisa begins to doubt herself. Compelled to uncover the secrets of the man who lived in the room before her, Lisa grows alarmed by increasingly disturbing incidents. As she claws her way towards...
100) Craigslist Top Selling Secrets: How to Create Your Income Stream Working from Home in Your Spare
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Craigslist Top Selling Secrets
How to create your income stream working from home in your spare time
This book provides everything you need to be a huge success selling on Craigslist. If you're looking to rid yourself of all your unused stuff, free up some space and make money at the same time then you're in the right place. You can create a substantial income stream to help fund your dreams, desires and passions.
You may already have experience...
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