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Gifted Hands 20th Anniversary Edition: The Ben Carson Story

by Ben Carson M.D.

Published: 2011-03-15

Hardcover: 240 pages

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In 1987, Dr. Benjamin Carson gained worldwide recognition for his part in the first successful separation of Siamese twins joined at the back of the head. Carson pioneered again in a rare procedure known as a hemispherectomy, giving children without hope a second chance at life through a daring operation...

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The Gifted

by Terri Blackstock

Published: 2002-07

Paperback: 140 pages

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Three friends whose lives needed a jolt... An earthquake that struck without warning... A supernatural gifting of mysterious powers... The Gifted is one of Terri Blackstock's most intriguing novels. A massive natural disaster leads to an even more earth-shaking supernatural transformation...

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Gifted, The: A Novel

by Ann H. Gabhart

Published: 2012-07-01

Paperback: 436 pages

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By 1849, Jessamine Brady has been in the Shaker Village for half her life, but in spite of how she loves her sisters there, she struggles to conform to the strict rules. Instead she entertains dreams of the world outside. When Tristan Cooper seems to step out of those dreams to entice her ...

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Gifted: A Novel

by Nikita Lalwani

Published: 2007-09-11

Hardcover: 288 pages

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Rumi Vasi is 10 years, 2 months, 13 days, 2 hours, 42 minutes, and 6 seconds old. She’s figured that the likelihood of her walking home from school with the boy she likes, John Kemble, is 0.2142, a probability severely reduced by the lacy dress and thick woolen tights her father, and...

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Gifts (Annals of the Western Shore)

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Published: 2006-04-01

Paperback: 300 pages

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Scattered among poor, desolate farms, the clans of the Uplands possess gifts. Wondrous gifts: the ability--with a glance, a gesture, a word--to summon animals, bring forth fire, move the land. Fearsome gifts: They can twist a limb, chain a mind, inflict a wasting illness. The Uplanders liv...

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Gifts From The Sea

by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Published: 1965

Paperback: 127 pages

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The setting of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's most widely praised book is the seashore; the time, a brief vacation which had lifted her from the distractions of everyday existence into the sphere of meditation. As the sea tosses up its gifts- shells rare and perfect- so the mind, left to its own ponderings,...

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The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

by Brené Brown

Published: 2010-08-27

Paperback: 160 pages

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When our embarrassments and fears lie, we often listen to them anyway. They thwart our gratitude, acceptance, and compassionâ??our goodness. They insist, â??I am not worthy.â? But we are worthyâ??of self-discovery, personal growth, and boundless love. With Brené Brownâ??s game-ch...

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The Gilded Chamber: A Novel of Queen Esther

by Rebecca Kohn

Published: 2005-07-26

Paperback: 353 pages

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For centuries her name has been a byword for feminine beauty, guile, and wisdom. This sweeping, meticulously researched novel restores Esther to her full, complex humanity while reanimating the glittering Persian empire in which her story unfolded. Esther comes to that land as a terrified ...

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Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World

by Hugh Brewster

Published: 2012-03-27

Hardcover: 352 pages

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Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage takes us behind the paneled doors of the Titanic's elegant private suites to present compelling, memorable portraits of her most notable passengers.  The intimate atmosphere onboard history's most famous ship is recreated as never before.    The Titanic has ...

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Gilded Youth: Three Lives in France's Belle Epoque

by Kate Cambor

Published: 2009-08-04

Hardcover: 336 pages

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They were the children of France's most celebrated men of nineteenth-century letters and science, the celebrity heirs and heiresses of their day. Their lives were the subject of scandal, gossip, and fascination. L�on Daudet was the son of the popular writer Alphonse Daudet. Jean-Baptiste C...