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"When disaster strikes, it is crucial to have the knowledge and skills to take care of your family and ensure their safety and well-being. 'How to Take Care of Your Family When Disaster Strikes' is a comprehensive guide that provides step-by-step instructions and practical advice on emergency preparedness. From natural disasters like hurricanes and earthquakes to unforeseen events such as power outages or health emergencies, this book equips you with...
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A Perfect Husband is a story of family, of secrets, of love, lust, trust, deceit, and of sisters and promises set in a small desert town in California and in the lush green and also snowy small city of Appleton, Wisconsin. Will a change of scenery right a wrong? Or will it forever haunt and torment?
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1943. Situé sur la cte gaspésienne, le village de Grande-Vallée ne cesse d'étonner par sa beauté, mais là comme ailleurs, la pauvreté règne en souveraine. La famille de Jonas et d'Adélina Minville compte déjà six enfants, un septième serait de trop et ferait basculer le fragile équilibre monétaire, de même que la santé précaire de la mère qui se retrouve prise en étau entre les enseignements de l'Église et l'obéissance à son...
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Hast du die Freude und die Liebe in deinem Leben schon gefunden? L(i)ebst du dein Leben? Ich lade dich ein, den weiteren, turbulenten Weg durch mein Leben mit mir zu gehen. Erneut lege ich dir mein Herz auf ein Silbertablett. Sei gewarnt, du wirst wahrscheinlich gemeinsam mit mir in einer neuen Bewusstheit »Ankommen – in deinem L(i)eben«. Vielleicht wünschst du dir für dich mehr Eigenverantwortung und traust dich nicht. Leicht und locker erfährst...
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When Sathapathi entered into his one hundredth year hale and healthy without any problems that the age old people do have and can do all his works actively, he felt worried rather than feeling happy why his nature was not like all the other old people. The other worry he has was he might remain alive like that and never will die. He started writing his life as a book from the birthday of his one hundredth year till the day of his death on one hundred...
6) La otra hija
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«La otra hija» es una larga carta que Annie Ernaux le escribe a Ginette, la hermana muerta a la que nunca conoció, pero cuya sombra siempre la acompaña desde aquel lejano domingo de agosto de 1950 en el que descubrió accidentalmente su existencia.
«Pero tú no eres mi hermana, nunca lo fuiste. No hemos jugado, comido, dormido juntas. Nunca te toqué, nunca te besé. No sé de qué color tienes los ojos. Nunca te he visto. No tienes cuerpo ni...
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Embark on an extraordinary voyage from Lagos to London with 'Father-Time Continuum' by Tósìn Akọmoláfẹ; a profound exploration of one man's transformative journey over decades. In this captivating story, Akándé is a dreamer whose path to fatherhood begins long before his own birth. Against a backdrop of unexpected tragedies and raw emotions, he unravels the complex legacies of the father figures in his life, while forging an authentic path...
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A Little Boy's Blues is the story of the mercurial child named Little Boy. A child who longs to meet his father and mourns the loss of his closest friend. Little Boy discovers a guitar in the trash and learns to play it and through playing it for the people he meets. He finds a way out of his depression.
9) Icey May
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In spite of themselves and their families ten year old Janiece Addison and fourteen Year old Icey May Watkins become friends one summer. Growing up in Love, Oklahoma was a wonderful experience for Janiece but Icey May had the misfortune of being born on the wrong side of the tracks.
10) The Gifted Son
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A Sydney family's picture-perfect life is upended in an unputdownable new novel from the bestselling author of The Mothers.
What if the worst day of your life turns out to be the making of you?
Lillian heard her daughter's footsteps hurry up the passage. She ran her fingers underneath her eyes, ready to greet her son. But when Kate appeared in the doorway her face was white. 'Mum,' Kate said. 'You'd better come. It's the police.'
With two bright...
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Kate Brown is still living her dream but even bigger! Kate shares her journey of moving across country to open a second inn, hosting a marriage weekend with her husband Alan. Chaos at Still Waters ensues all while they prepare to become empty nesters as their daughter Jessica finishes high school.
Kate finds herself experiencing all new emotions as she learns to balance grief and joy and the beautiful tension of letting go of what she thought life...
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Janiece gets an education in just three short months. In October she learns tolerance from her father's new helper Jay Sims. In November she learns to forgive her parents for being human. In December she learns patience from Doug Sherman when he finally kisses her for the first time on Christmas day. Just as the seasons change, so does Janiece. She changes from a silly girl to a teenager with real problems, and yet, she finds a way to deal with each...
13) Jabber Jabber
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This story is about Jabber Jabber, a playful, noisy, energetic monkey. He is the pet of Luke and Lilly who live at the edge of the jungle with their mother and father. One day, Jabber Jabber ran into the jungle, followed by Luke and Lilly. This is about their adventure.
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The team is back again. Chantal Bluspri is suffering from PTSD, her boyfriend is at his wit's end trying to help her. Her friends decide to take a vacation with Chantal to Banff, Alberta, but things take a turn for the worse when the vehicle breaks down in a storm in the middle of nowhere. They spot a hotel, which is not all it seems. All goes well until the nightmares begin. Can they escape?
15) Harvest of Hope
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Some may claim that they've had moments of deja vu, or the uncanny ability to see what is about to happen, like determining the end of a movie, or feeling like you have been somewhere before, based on nothing but intuition.
However, what if you could acquire a prescreening of your future, would you? Or would you prefer whatever happens, happens without your destiny ever being revealed? Well, for Hope Wilson, that was never an option.
Considering...
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"Where's the youngster? Grant asked. "Church," Derek answered. "Between that and St. Benedict's I'll make a priest out of him yet." Priest! The word flung into Devlyn's brain and buried itself there. He could not believe his ears. A priest! I don't want to be a priest. He remembered that St. Benedict's was a seminary as well as a boarding school. He was thunderstruck. A priest, for Pete's sake!
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It seemed the ocean had always been part of his life…in St. Yves, France, in Southampton, New York, and here in California, north of Morro Bay. He loved the colors of the sunset. He mused. How do I see, people wonder, and how do I explain? On some days I see fairly clearly and on those days, I take out Jean-Marie's picture and Jennifer's. I study them and I study Johanna and the children and sometimes Johanna asks," Jef, why are you looking...
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Este cuento lo hice pensando en que muchos de nosotros cuando vamos al baño, es en ese lugar donde surgen las grandes ideas, también es un lugar de reflexión y de recordar tristezas y alegrías.Cada vez que entramos al baño nos volvemos como leones porque nos empoderamos y salimos de allí con más fortaleza para enfrentar al mundo.La soledad de estar en un baño permite el encuentro consigo mismos y, lo más importante, nos demuestra que no somos...
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Two Kinds of Color is story of a mother's love and sacrifice for her four racially divided children. Two of them are black, two are white. Their mother, Freddie Walker, has not only movie star beauty, sensuality, and sexuality, she has the kind of intelligence which white-collar Wall Street can only dream of. Sidetracked from realizing her dream of gaining a fortune playing with stocks and bonds, she moves to the notorious South Side of Chicago, where...
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"This Man Called Bunk" follows a man who went to work in Baltimore City in 1926 and never returned, leaving his wife and four young children with no explanation. His wife raised the children with the help of her brother and sister and never remarried. Years later, his granddaughter Jenny Lynn became curious about what caused her grandfather to leave. There were many theories in the family about his reason for leaving. Some dismissed his disappearance...
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