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You will find this book, although an exciting narrative, has an unpolished feel, because it was published in June of 1918, while Mr. Hall was a captive in a German POW camp. When he was captured behind enemy lines, the book was still a work in progress.

Returning from the horrors of World War I, James Hall and Charles Nordhoff follow a dream to tour the South Pacific. They later co-authored "Mutiny on the Bounty". This is a love story. A travelogue and an adventure rolled into one.

In 1973, Norma Cobb, her husband Lester, and their five children pulled up stakes in the lower 48 and headed north to Alaska to follow a pioneer dream of claiming land under the Homestead Act. The only land available lay north of Fairbanks near the Arctic Circle where grizzlies outnumbered humans 20 to one. In addition to fierce winters and predatory animals, the Alaskan frontier drew the more unsavory elements of society's fringes. From the beginning, the Cobbs found themselves pitted in a life or death feud with unscrupulous neighbors who would rob from new settlers.

When you know how money works, you make better financial decisions. It's that simple. Mastering Money demystifies finance and provides plainspoken, straightforward advice for building a solid financial foundation you can count on in good times and bad. 

Any conversation about effective teaching must begin with a consideration of how students learn. However, instructors may find a gap between resources that focus on the technical research on learning and those that provide practical classroom strategies. How Learning Works provides the bridge for such a gap. Distilling the research literature and translating the scientific approach into language relevant to a college or university teacher, this book introduces seven general principles of how students learn. 

Reinvented You invites you to rediscover who you truly are, reignite your confidence, and design a life filled with meaning, momentum, and financial freedom. Guided by Pat Mesiti, world-renowned speaker and author of Millionaire Mindset, and co-creator David Cavanagh, this book unites voices from around the world to help you align your talents, truth, and income with your deepest purpose.

There’s an ornery, unkempt boy in Lucy Brenker’s school who picks on her quiet cousin, Ben. Raggity, as he is called, is a trouble-maker who causes distress for both Lucy and Ben. However, he is not Lucy’s biggest problem. In her hometown of Cincinnati, a serious drought had affected her father’s steamboat building business, as well as all businesses in the area. If that weren’t bad enough, the lack of river traffic means her recently-ordered piano will not be arriving anytime soon. (A piano had been the desire of her heart for many months.)

A chilling and visionary tale set in 1950s London, The Recycling of Nathan Scrzimshaw is a literary psychic thriller that explores the boundaries of consciousness, identity, and the paranormal. Eighteen-year-old Nathan Scrzimshaw struggles to make sense of his life under the stern gaze of his father and the strange guidance of enigmatic outsiders. Haunted by a mysterious glow, Nathan finds himself entangled with the spirited Alice Argzand, the alluring Mayzee de Bruin, and the cryptic Danie — figures who draw him ever deeper into a web of displacement, transformation, and unsettling truths.

Nel settembre del 1838 una tempesta si abbatte sull'Oceano Indiano e la Ibis, la goletta partita da Calcutta con un carico di galeotti diretta a Mauritius, viene coinvolta nel vortice. Quando il mare si calma, cinque uomini mancano all'appello: due lascari e tre coolie sono riusciti a fuggire su una scialuppa. Seconda tappa di una grandiosa epopea storica, Il fiume dell'oppio segue i suoi personaggi fino ai porti affollati della Cina.

In The Five Ranks of Zen, American Zen teacher Shishin Wick offers an accessible entry point to each of the ranks, which Tozan created in two formulations: the first and better-known is the Five Ranks of the Relative and the Absolute; while the second set, called the Sequence of Merit, is an abbreviated form of the Ten Oxherding Pictures, a traditional formulation of the Zen spiritual journey.

Eleven-year-old Norman Ollestad is no stranger to extreme situations. Whether it's surfing big swells off Topanga Beach or skiing in a blizzard, he has braved one adrenaline-rush adventure after another, pushed by his thrill-seeking father to realize that "anything's possible." And with Dad by his side, sometimes Norman believes him. That motto is put to the ultimate test when the small plane Norman and his dad are aboard is engulfed by a snowstorm and crashes in the San Gabriel Mountains—with deadly consequences.

"How to Develop Your Dynamic Power – With Thought-Provoking Questions for Personal Growth" is a timeless audio program by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, the renowned author of The Power of Positive Thinking. This audiobook explores the foundational principles of personal success, self-confidence, and positive thinking. Through engaging stories, practical techniques, and inspiring insights, Dr. Peale reveals how to cultivate inner strength, overcome negativity, and live with enthusiasm and joy.

Dans cet ouvrage palpitant, je vous invite à embarquer pour un voyage captivant vers une vie épanouissante et empreinte de succès. Préparez-vous à découvrir les secrets de la pensée positive et à exploiter tout son potentiel pour transformer radicalement votre existence.

Livia Denby is on trial for attempted murder. The jury have reached a verdict. Two years earlier, Livia was a probation officer in Yorkshire, her husband Scott a teacher. Their children, Heidi and Noah, round out a happy family until the day Scott's brother dies. Grief and guilt leave Scott...

The Reformed movement has gotten younger and more outspoken since Chosen But Free was published more than ten years ago, making the topic of divine election one of utmost importance to the church today. Young Christians in particular are in constant debate over these issues, wondering what is true and how it might affect their lives.

If you love early rock & roll, poodle skirts, clever whodunnits, a charming cat, and an even more charming detective, you're going to love this series.

In The Stranger, debut author Norma Lyn Romano delivers a chilling supernatural thriller where forgotten secrets claw their way to the surface. When an ancient evil is unearthed, a quiet town becomes the epicenter of terror—and no one is safe. Blending elements of horror, mystery, and suspense, this gripping novel thrusts readers into a nightmarish world where reality twists, time unravels, and malevolent forces refuse to be silenced. With eerie imagery, spine-tingling twists, and a villain you won't forget, The Stranger will stay with you long after the final tick.

Investigates drumming-induced trance states through shamanic journeying Provides advanced lucid dreaming training, sharing techniques for inducing lucidity and skillfully navigating our inner cosmos Explores the mindful use of psychedelics, offering guidance on setting intention...

In The Liberating Secret, Norman Grubb explores the spiritual foundations or our union with Christ. Since the time of his conversion at eighteen, Norman experienced "an exhaustless inner compulsion to seek and find the fullness of Him that filleth all in all." It was his hope that "as these truths have brought light and liberty to my own heart and life, may they meet the needs of some of you who read these chapters."

It is hard not to fall in love with fashion plate Mary Christiana Hettler who gives up the high society of Chicago to ultimately move to rural Nevada, one of the bleakest sites in the nation to serve as an Episcopal Deaconess. Upon landing in the mining town, known primarily as a murder capital during int heyday, Mary Christiana doesn't give an inch. She transforms a dusty, dingy "icebox" of a house into one that becomes the heart of the Episcopal community with hot pink rooms, exotic flowers and a rolling, grassy yard.