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Away from the Dark (The Light Series)

by Aleatha Romig

Published: 2016-10-18

Paperback: 364 pages

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Nine months ago, Sara Adams awoke with no memory. The man holding her hand told her she’s a member of The Light, a tight-knit religious group led by the terrifying and charismatic Father Gabriel. As a woman in the community of The Light, her duty is to be unquestionably obedient and to s...

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How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

by Mike Brown

Published: 2010-12-07

Kindle Edition: 290 pages

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The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a tenth planet, Eris, slightly bigger than Pluto. But instead of adding one more planet t...

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The Heart of a Woman

by Maya Angelou

Published: 2009-04-21

Paperback: 352 pages

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In The Heart of a Woman, Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to move to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers, reads her work at the Harlem Writers Guild, and begins to take part in the struggle of black Americans for their rightful pla...

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Daughter of the River: An Autobiography

by Hong Ying

Published: 2000-01

Paperback: 288 pages

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Daughter of the River is a memoir of China unlike any other. Born during the Great Famine of the early 1960s and raised in the slums of Chongqing, Hong Ying was constantly aware of hunger and the sacrifices required to survive. As she neared her eighteenth birthday, she became determined t...

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The Orphan: A Cinderella Story from Greece

by Anthony Manna, Christodoula Mitakidou

Published: 2011-10-11

Hardcover: 40 pages

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Once upon a time in Greece, fate left a young girl an orphan. Her stepmother was so hateful that she counted every drop of water the orphan drank! But with the help of Nature's blessings, the orphan was showered with gifts: brilliance from the Sun, beauty from the Moon, gracefulness from the Dawn—and...

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Batman: Secrets

by Sam Kieth

Published: 2007-01-31

Paperback: 128 pages

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Following his parole, the Joker commits a heinous crime and frames Batman for it, and Batman must clear his name by proving the Joker's guilt, but his job is complicated when the Joker threatens someone from Bruce Wayne's past.

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A Beautiful Work In Progress

by Mirna Valerio

Published: 2017-10-01

Paperback: 334 pages

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Runners’ vocabulary is full of acronyms like DNS for “Did Not Start” and DNF for “Did Not Finish,” but when Mirna Valerio stepped up to the starting line, she needed a new one: DNQ for “Did Not Quit.”Valerio has tied on her running shoes all across the country, from the dusty...

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Let the Elephants Run: Unlock Your Creativity and Change Everything

by David Usher

Published: 2015-05-26

Hardcover: 256 pages

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At David Usher’s company, CloudID Creativity Labs, a sign on the wall reads: ?Dream big, let the elephants run!” The words are a reminder for us to hold a place in our minds for big ideas. Based on his wildly popular speaking engagements, Let the Elephants Run shows us how to reignite ...

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On the Verge

by Rebecca D. Costa

Published: 2017-09-06

Hardcover: 224 pages

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"There can be no greater advantage than certainty of the future. Not in nature. Not in business. Not in governance." So begins Rebecca Costa's much-awaited exploration of foresight: 'the crowning achievement of human ambition.' According to Costa, advances in Big Data, predictive analytics...

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The Watchman's Rattle: A Radical New Theory of Collapse

by Rebecca D. Costa

Published: 2012-11-13

Paperback: 336 pages

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Why can't we solve our problems anymore? Why do threats such as the Gulf oil spill, worldwide recession, terrorism, and global warming suddenly seem unstoppable? Are there limits to the kinds of problems humans can solve? Rebecca Costa confronts - and offers a solution to - these questio...