Scott Wallace
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Even today there remain tribes in the far reaches of the Amazon rainforest that have avoided contact with modern civilization. Deliberately hiding from the outside world, they are the unconquered, the last survivors of an ancient culture that predates the arrival of Columbus. Journalist Scott Wallace chronicles an expedition into the Amazon's uncharted depths, discovering the rainforest's secrets while moving ever closer to a possible encounter with...
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There are many paths to becoming successful in real estate. But flipping houses, holding a license or owning a home is only the beginning of what could be a long and transformative journey to building lasting wealth through real estate.
Your new instructor is about to arrive, but he won't be sitting you down in a classroom, instead, the opposite. Real estate investment icon Sam Liebman will whisk you straight from your seats down to the streets.
Harvard...
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"There are thousands of diseases classed as "rare" because they afflict only a small number of people. These patient groups were long ignored by a pharmaceutical industry that judged them too small to provide a return on the investment needed to develop an effective remedy. Forty years ago, a revolution started that transformed the prospects of patients with rare diseases. This book is in part a history, with eyewitness accounts of advances as they...
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English
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Graham Hale Gardner died before turning twenty-three and never learned to walk or speak due to severe cerebral palsy complicated by epilepsy. Yet he left a legacy of love and compassion that deeply moved scores of people from widely different backgrounds.
How was that possible?
Graham's story, written through the eyes of his father, speaks of the enormous legacy left by a boy who never spoke. A story that raises provocative questions about the "invisible...
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It's June 1953, and ten-year-old Marc Straus is in his mother's car, getting sick from her cigarette smoke on his way to a Hebrew lesson. He and his younger brother, Stephen, are transferring from public school to a Yeshiva. His parents haven't said why they're transferring - the family isn't religious. So, all Marc knows is he'll have to protect his brother. Stephen's a delicate kid other kids pick on. Marc's a street fighter who knows how to wall...
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When Scott and Connie Payne first arrived at Inner City Mission, they thought they had homelessness figured out. Soon, their beliefs collided with a world beyond their understanding. The solutions they offered-taken from America's playbook on poverty-failed to bring real answers.
"Everyone knows homelessness is about the lack of housing, jobs, and money, so why question it?" Yet, after watching the same people fall back into homelessness, the Paynes...
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Universal
Pub. Date
2003
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English
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Chucky continues his quest to possess the body of a human child. Eight years after seemingly destroying the killer doll, Andy Barclay turns 16 and is placed in a military school. Meanwhile, the president of Play Pals Toy Company decides to resurrect the popular Good Guys doll line. As the assembly line recreates the first doll from a mass of melted plastic, the spirit of Chucky returns to renew his quest and seek revenge on Andy. Once again it's up...
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Beacon Press
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[2016]
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English
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Joyce Wallace Scott, MA, is the twin sister of Judith Scott. As an RN and developmental specialist she has worked for many years with children with Down Syndrome and other special needs. --
From birth fraternal twins Judith and Joyce Scott lived as if they were one person in two bodies, understanding instinctively what the other wanted and felt, despite the fact that Judy had Down syndrome, profound deafness, and never learned to speak or sign. At...
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Kendall Hunt Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Cannabis is everywhere! Whether you call it weed, pot, or marijuana, cannabis by any other name is still cannabis. From your stereotypical street drug dealer to medical cannabis dispensaries to courtrooms across America, we cannot escape the hot buzz that is weed. While it may be hot, it is nothing new; since being made illegal over a hundred years ago, proponents of its use and benefits have rallied and advocated for its declassification as an illicit...
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Child's play: A single mother gives her son a much sought-after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer determined to kill all in his way.
Child's play 2: While Andy's mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy's soul, is not far behind.
Child's play 3: While in military school, Andy learns that he must stop Chucky...
