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If you think cats and water don't mix, think again.
Plunge into worlds of piratical cats: some selfish, some mischievous, all fond of hitting the catnip stash. From ships on the deep blue sea, to ships flying through the depths of space, and even visiting from beyond the veil, these cats are determined and on a mission.
Featuring thirteen "tails" of adventure-loving cats, puns, and fun by: Megan Fennell, S.G. Wong, Rebecca Brae, Grace Bridges, Lizz...
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Explore the origins of the mystery genre with these seven classic tales of suspense and intrigue from Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, John Buchan, and others. Classic Mysteries includes: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Roget,", "The Purloined Letter," The Moonstone, An Antarctic Mystery, The Lady in the Shroud, and The Thirty-Nine Steps.
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"Now is the time to release the burdens you have been carrying."
The holiday season is traditionally one of reunions, homecomings, and family gatherings, but for the LGBTQIA+ community, it can be a time of anxiety and dread-a time we must hide our true selves in order to feel welcome. Too often, the holidays bring about loneliness and pain-a longing to be unequivocally accepted, seen, and loved for who we are.
This season, we invite you to be queer...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Boys in the Boat tells you what you need to know before-or after you read Daniel James Brown's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books sets the standard for quality and gives you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown includes: • Historical context • Chapter-by-chapter summaries • Detailed...
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In "Since We Told The Truth" The Nine answer many of the questions from the readers of their first book, "Hutterites". They boldly go beyond their past lives as Hutterites, to bring a national perspective and raise awareness of truths that offer an accurate solution to those challenges currently shaping our social and political landscape. The Nine hope to see those foundational truths, bring a fulfilling vision and future for both individuals and...
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This is the story of how NINE courageous people came to make their decision to forsake all and find their new life in Jesus Christ and in society. They left the Hutterite system which is a branch of Anabaptists similar to the Amish and Mennonites. Each of "THE NINE" have committed to paper a personal chapter where they share their testimonies of their life-changing decision...
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Edited by Jeffrey Toobin, CNN's senior legal analyst and New York Times bestselling author of The Nine, The Best American Crime Reporting 2009 is a must-have for the true crime reader, complete with the most gripping, suspenseful, and brilliant stories of the year by the masters of crime reporting. Featuring stories of fraud, murder, theft, and madness, the Best American Crime Reporting series has been hailed as "arresting reading" (People) and the...
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We live our lives through stories. They shape how we see the world, how we relate to it, and not the least, how we engage with it. Now more than ever, we need compelling stories that inspire both individual and collective action. The nine short stories presented in Our Entangled Future are rooted in the complex reality of the climate crisis. Rather than painting a dystopic future, they present agency-driven characters, whose insights will, inspire...
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Who doesn't treasure a romantic story that touches the heart? We can all relate in one way or another to the experiences on these pages; the struggle to overcome grief after the loss of a loved one, the betrayal and guilt of adultery, the desperation to make a loved one happy, young lovers facing the hardships of the real world and much more. Whether it's a happily-ever after fantasy or a tear-jerking heart breaker, the nine romantic adventures in...
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The 40+ projects in this collection are all designed around the popular nine-patch block, and full patterns, drawings, and complete step-by-step instructions are provided. The book presents a wide variety of ways to construct the nine-patch with styles that are contemporary, traditional, and modern and are perfect for the confident beginner as well as the advanced quilter. Varied in size and customizable to any color palette, the finished projects...
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Is astrology an art? How does art represent astrology and its practice? Is the visual language used by astrologers artistic? From Mesopotamia and Mediterranean culture to Mesoamerica and into the European Renaissance and the modern era, the nine chapters in this anthology explore the meanings of art and astrology, the iconography of astrology and the nature of its practice, the use of zodiac signs, and the portrayal stars and planets in literature...
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When players play, there is a transactional process at work, whether for children on a teeter-totter or pandas playing with peers. In this edited volume, nine experts on play show how play transactions are an important dynamic of play across cultures, age groups, even species. A rich array of play contexts is evident across the nine chapters, encompassing varied continents, age groups, and sorts of players. The play processes of giant pandas, of home-visiting...
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The Fruit of the Spirit Chart is a wonderful explanation of the nine Fruit of the Spirit mentioned in the Bible. This full-color Bible Study on The Fruit of the Spirit includes a chart that helps Christians understand the nine fruit of the Spirit. These 9 traits are developed over a lifetime with the help of the Holy Spirit.
The 9 Fruit of the Spirit and their Definitions
• Love - Seeks the highest good of others
• Joy - Gladness not based...
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The Edinburgh 2010 study process is unique. Set up to mark the centenary of the World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910, it is a project of churches worldwide that is multi-regional, cross-denominational, and poly-centric. It involves all the major Christian world bodies, including Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Evangelical, and Pentecostal, with study events taking place on every continent and involving hundreds of Christians in different parts...
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Three thousand years of visions of hell, from the ancient Near East to modern America From the Hebrew Bible's shadowy realm of Sheol to twenty-first-century visions of Hell on earth, The Penguin Book of Hell takes us through three thousand years of eternal damnation. Along the way, you'll take a ferry ride with Aeneas to Hades, across the river Acheron; meet the Devil as imagined by a twelfth-century Irish monk-a monster with a thousand giant hands;...
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Whether you're looking to break free from the nine-to-five grind or just want to make a little extra money on the side, a coin-operated laundry could be your ticket to financial independence. With more people living in condos and apartments, laundromats are more profitable than ever, and you can shape the business to match your tastes, interests and imagination. This low-maintenance, highly lucrative business could earn you up to $1 million a year....
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In the nineteenth century hundreds of thousands of Africans were forcibly migrated northward to Egypt and other eastern Mediterranean destinations, yet relatively little is known about them. Studies have focused mainly on the mamluk and harem slaves of elite households, who were mostly white, and on abolitionist efforts to end the slave trade, and most have relied heavily on western language sources. In the past forty years new sources have become...
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Unlock the more straightforward side of Inferno with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
This engaging summary presents an analysis of Inferno by Dante Alighieri, a classic of Italian and global literature, in which the poet explores the nine Circles of Hell with Virgil as guide, in order to learn how to save his soul. This work has inspired many artists throughout the ages who have created sculptures, architecture, films and animations...
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Nine lectures from the 1971 symposium at the University of Texas at Austin, on music history, theory and composition, education, and performance.
Ranging from the Middle Ages to the present and touching on all the major disciplines of musicology, the nine papers collected in this volume constitute a broad overview of the direction of music scholarship in the 1970s.
In "Tractatus Esthetico-Semioticus: Model of the Systems of Human Communication,"...
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