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Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story, from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris

by Michael Allin

Published: 1999-08-10

Paperback: 228 pages

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In October 1826, a ship arrived at Marseille carrying the first giraffe ever seen in France. A royal offering from Muhammad Ali, Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, to King Charles X, she had already traveled 2,000 miles down the Nile to Alexandria, from where she had sailed across the Mediterranean...

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The Chicken Chronicles: Sitting with the Angels Who Have Returned with My Memories: Glorious, Rufus, Gertrude Stein, Splendor, Hortensia, Agnes of God, the Gladyses, & Babe: A Memoir

by Alice Walker

Published: 2012-04-03

Paperback: 208 pages

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Here is a glorious, offbeat, compassionate, and ?eccentrically inspirational” (Kirkus Reviews) memoir in which Alice Walker shares her experiences raising and caring for a flock of chickens. In pieces that are by turns moving, thoughtful, and utterly captivating, Walker addresses her ?gi...

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In a Lonely Place (New York Review Books)

by Dorothy B. Hughes

Published: 2017-08-15

Paperback: 224 pages

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A classic California noir with a feminist twist, this prescient 1947 novel exposed misogyny in post-World War II American society, making it far ahead of its time.Los Angeles in the late 1940s is a city of promise and prosperity, but not for former fighter pilot Dix Steele.  To his mind n...

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World Cultures: Analyzing Pre-Industrial Societies In Africa, Asia, Europe, And the Americas

by James Tiberius Shea

Published: 2017-01-08

Paperback: 214 pages

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"World Cultures" is an examination of pre-industrial human societies across the world. Designed to give readers a broad catalogue of social behavior, "World Cultures" covers: - Social norms and values - Authority and government - Gender and sexuality - Knowledge and technology - Fashion and art - Religion...

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The Opposite of Hate: A Field Guide to Repairing Our Humanity

by Sally Kohn

Published: 2018-04-10

Hardcover: 272 pages

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“A stunning debut by a truly gifted writer—an eye-opening read for both liberals and conservatives—and it could not come at a better time.”—Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Option B, with Sheryl Sandberg  What is the opposite of hate?   As a progressive comm...

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Invincible Summers

by Robin Gaines

Published: 2016-06-15

Paperback: 238 pages

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Fiction. INVINCIBLE SUMMERS explores the agony of family. The story begins with the death of Claudia Goodwin's father, and then plunges into the murkier emotional trouble that follows for years. Through the 1960s and 70s, the world around Claudia moves on. But her loss walks along with her. Gaines deftly...

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Charity's Cross

by MaryLu Tyndall

Published: 2016-02-01

Kindle Edition: 330 pages

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From the Winner of 2015's Inspirational Readers Choice Award for The Ransom comes a new romantic adventure !Tyndall spins a riveting tale of betrayal, violence, trust, and honesty in this latest inspirational pirate romance. Cindy Vallar, Pirates and PrivateersSuspected of killing her husb...

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Stung

by Bethany Wiggins

Published: 2014-02-18

Paperback: 320 pages

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When the honeybee population disappears and a pandemic sweeps across the planet, the government tried a bio-engineered cure even deadlier than the problem. Branded with the mark of the vaccine, Fiona must navigate this new dystopian world. But there's no cure for being stung. . .Fiona does...

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The Power of Eight: Harnessing the Miraculous Energies of a Small Group to Heal Others, Your Life, and the World

by Lynne McTaggart

Published: 2017-09-26

Hardcover: 320 pages

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“This is a monumentally significant book, a once-in-a-generation work that will turn the tide in how we unleash the power of healing for each other and for the world. Drink in its meticulous and transparent scientific method, its countless uplifting stories of vivid healing breakthroughs...

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Coney

by Amram Ducovny

Published: 2000-09-01

Hardcover: 320 pages

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Coney Island, 1939: On the eve of World War II, fifteen-year-old Harry Carzker spends his after-school hours on his bike, picking up betting slips from Coney Island carnival freaks for the local bookie and racing his imaginary sworn enemy, German Captain Ziegenbaum, whose ship menaces the ...