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1) Love bomb
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An inventive, mordantly funny novel about love, marriage, stalkers, and the indignities of parenthood
In quaint Haddonfield, New Jersey, Tess is about to marry Gabe in her childhood home. Her mother, Helen, is in a panic about the guests, who include warring exes, crying babies, jealous girlfriends, and too many psychiatrists. But the most difficult guest was never on the list at all: a woman in a wedding dress and a gas mask, armed with a rifle,...
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When a military experiment goes horribly wrong and turns his entire platoon gay, the deeply religious, washed-up General Newman Ginger must learn to love his platoon and himself in order to survive the spiritual, professional and actual war zone he has just entered... General Newman Ginger wants nothing more than to fall asleep each night with a bottle of whiskey and a good war story, but his life of bitter solitude is thrown into chaos when he is...
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"A lifelong worrier, Philpott always kept an eye out for danger, a habit that only intensified when she became a parent. But she looked on the bright side, too, believing that as long as she cared enough, she could keep her loved ones safe. Then, in the dark of one quiet, pre-dawn morning, she woke abruptly to a terrible sound - and found her teenage son unconscious on the floor. In the aftermath of a crisis that darkened her signature sunny spirit,...
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The Psychopath Who Nearly Lost His Arm. Love-Bomb. Devalue. Discard.
A story of courage, grit and realism. Not for the faint-hearted. A story about family dysfunction, narcissists and psychopaths. Set in Australia and Paris, following the life of Pippa O'Shea. Can she ever find true and healthy love or is she trapped in a cycle of love-bombing, devalue and discard?
Pippa's life is a mess. Her family is so dysfunctional, Dr Phil could do...
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Criterion collection volume 821
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A group of paranoia-inspired, war-happy generals manage to initiate an "accidential" nuclear apocalypse. Joint Chief of Staff "Buck" Turgidson and Air Force Strategic Commander Jack Ripper, order a bomber squadron to attack the USSR. This triggers a Soviet secret weapon called the 'Doomsday Machine.' The weapon is a diabolical retaliatory missile system. In an attempt to advert this catastrophe, British Captain Lionel Mandrake becomes the only person...
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Columbia Tristar Home Video
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c2001
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A satire in which the U.S. president and his military advisors struggle ineptly to avert a holocaust after a psychotic Air Force general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union because he fears that the Russians are poisoning the water supply in the United States.
9) Love bombs
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[Publisher not identified]
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[2014]
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日本語
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A mysterious city woman named Kiyomi is cared for by an old village woman. The male villagers are intrigued by Kiyomi, especially Masaru, a young man who is the surrogate grandson to the old woman and eats dinner with her every night. Despite constant questioning, Kiyomi refuses to talk about her past. The enigma of her presence only bewitches the men further.
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"Soon after atomic bombs exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, MGM set out to make a movie studio chief Louis B. Mayer called "the most important story" he would ever film: a big budget dramatization of the Manhattan Project and the invention and use of the revolutionary new weapon. Over at Paramount, Hal B. Wallis was ramping up his own film version. His screenwriter: the novelist Ayn Rand, who saw in physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer the model...
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Criterion collection volume 821
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An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.
12) Hidden in Plain Sight: Are You Being Groomed for Love-Bombing, Spirit-Breaking, and Abandonment?
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This must-have guide exposes nine red flags that you are being groomed for manipulation, abuse and/or abandonment. The author uses her own experiences and that of women she interviewed to uncover a diabolical process that can be a gateway to family dysfunction and economic hardship. You are not alone if you missed the red flags. This book exposes how the predator systematically grooms, deceives, and abuses while undetected by family and friends. You...
14) Mathematics with love: the courtship correspondence of Barnes Wallis, inventor of the bouncing bomb
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Macmillan
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2005
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English
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"San Francisco was once widely viewed as the prettiest city in America. Today it is best known as the epicenter of the homeless zombie apocalypse. What went wrong? Michael Shellenberger has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 30 years, during which time he advocated for the decriminalization of drugs, and for alternatives to jail and prison. But as massive open-air drug markets spread across the state, Shellenberger decided to take a deep dive...
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Crack the Code of Deceptive Lovers! Discover the secrets of dating and relationships in '20 Tell-Tale Signs You're With A Narcissistic Love Bomber.' Author Alexandria O'Neal combines personal experiences with expert insights to create this must-have guide. Whether you're in a toxic relationship or gearing up for future love, this book is your ultimate companion. Learn to spot love-bombing red flags, fortify your emotional defenses, and break free...
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Get the Summary of Nova Gibson's Fake Love in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Fake Love" by Nova Gibson is a deep dive into the harrowing experience of Sofie, a woman who suffered from narcissistic abuse at the hands of her husband, Justin. The book explores the characteristics of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), particularly focusing on covert narcissists who manipulate and control their victims through...
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Confusing.
Crazy making.
Draining.
Does this describe your relationship?
Do you wonder if they will ever change?
Do you want to know why they lie so much...even when the truth would work better?
Have you wondered why they never seem to change-no matter how much you are willing to do for them, or how much love, understanding, rehab, religion, therapy, second (or twenty second) chances you've given them? If so, you are not alone and this book...
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A witch's brew of maltreatment creates a Cinderella. Surviving that abuse requires believing someone will love you one day. But finding that love against impossible odds and without a fairy godmother is the trick.
ITALICS I only love good girls END ITALICS her mother tells Emily. But no matter what Emily does to earn her mother's love, the brass ring is always out of reach. Like everyone who is powerless, Emily believes in fairy tales-maps to...
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There is a loopable gamification to abuse cycles that closely mirrors addiction. Loopable because you always wind up back at the same shameful place with addictions: making big proclamations that this is the 'last time'. Gamified because you are always trying to do this one thing better, failing, then upping your yesterday stakes with new promises tomorrow.
While this book focuses on intimate partner abuse, abuse cycles can occur anywhere. Hell,...
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