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The year of magical thinking [playaway]
Joan Didion
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In this book, the author explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage - and a life, in good times and bad, that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill with what seemed at ...
2005; ; isbn:1598955365 More Information |
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Atomic lobster [playaway]
Tim Dorsey
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Embarking on a new adventure off the coast of the Sunshine State, psychopath Serge A. Storms and his drug-addled sidekick find themselves surrounded by atypical retirees and drug dealers while working to outmaneuver federal agents and a fugitive murderer
2008; ; isbn:9781436154574 |
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Let's face it [playaway] : 90 years of living, loving, and learning
Kirk Douglas
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Kirk Douglas is a born storyteller, and in this engrossing memoir, he offers wonderful tales, favorite jokes, and hard-won insights. As he explores the mixed blessings of growing older, he looks back at his youth and his storied, glamorous life in Hollywood. He reflects upon his Jewish faith and offers strong opinions on everything from racism to corporate ...
2008; ; isbn:9781606407622 More Information |
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Halsey's typhoon [playaway] : the true story of a fighting admiral, an epic storm, and an untold rescue
Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
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In December 1944, America's most popular and colorful naval hero, Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, unwittingly sailed his undefeated Pacific Fleet into the teeth of a powerful typhoon. Three destroyers were capsized, sending hundreds of sailors and officers into the raging, shark-infested waters. Over the next sixty hours, small bands of survivors ...
2007; ; isbn:9781598957976 More Information |
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Don't you forget about me : a novel [playaway]
Jancee Dunn
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At thirty-eight, Lillian Curtis is content with her life. She enjoys her routine as a producer for a talk show in New York City starring showbiz veteran Vi (short for vibrant) Barbour, a spirited senior. Lillian's relationship with her husband is pleasant if no longer exciting. Most nights she is more than happy to come home to her apartment and crawl ...
2009; ; isbn:9781433276453 More Information |
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The big love [playaway]
Sarah Dunn
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When her boyfriend unexpectedly leaves her for his seductive ex-girlfriend, Alison Hopkins celebrates her freedom by engaging in a series of relationship adventures
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10 secrets for success and inner peace [playaway]
Wayne W. Dyer
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Dr. Wayne Dyer shares ten secrets, or guidelines, for people who are consciously on their life path, designed to help them find the peace of God that defines real success
2005; ; isbn:9781602526679 More Information |
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Being in balance [playaway] : 9 principles for creating habits to match your desires
Wayne W. Dyer
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2007; ; isbn:9781602527423 More Information |
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Change your thoughts, change your life [playaway] : living the wisdom of the Tao
Wayne W. Dyer
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Contains all 81 verses of the Tao, compiled by the author's researching of ten of the most well-respected translations of the text, which has survived for more than 25 centuries
2007; ; isbn:9781605148779 More Information |
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The power of intention [playaway] : learning to co-create your world your way
Wayne W. Dyer
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2007; ; isbn:9781602529885 More Information |
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The worst hard time [playaway] : the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl
Timothy Egan
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It blighted parts of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and over half of Kansas. In 1933, there were multiple dust storms that lasted seventy days. In 1935, it stripped away an estimated 850,000 tons of good topsoil, the same year that it drove 250,000 people from their homes. The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest ...
2007; ; isbn:9781605146225 More Information |
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Nickel and dimed [playaway] : on (not) getting by in America
Barbara Ehrenreich
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Nickel and Dimed is a modern classic that deftly portrays the plight of America's working-class poor. Author Barbara Ehrenreich decides to see if she can scratch out a comfortable living in blue-collar America. What she discovers is a culture of desperation, where workers often take multiple low-paying jobs just to keep a roof overhead
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