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1) The Doldrums
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Doldrums volume 1
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English
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Archer B. Helmsley wants an adventure. No, he needs an adventure. His grandparents were famous explorers . . . until they got stuck on an iceberg. Now Archer's mother barely lets him out of the house. As if that would stop a true Helmsley. Archer enlists Adelaide, the girl who, according to rumor, lost her leg to a crocodile, and Oliver, the boy next door, to help him rescue his grandparents. The Doldrums whisks us off on an adventure full of sly...
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Doldrums volume 2
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English
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"Archer Helmsley's grandparents have finally returned home, but there are rumors they've brought a curse with them"--
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English
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This book of poetry is about life and love in many different forms. This book is to everyone who has been through difficult circumstances and good times. This book will give you the thrills. This book has moments of humor and joy mixed with a bit of sadness. This book is for most readers who want to feel emotions.
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"When Ada Calhoun found herself in the throes of a midlife crisis, she thought that she had no right to complain. She was married with children and a good career. So why did she feel miserable? And why did it seem that other Generation X women were miserable, too? Calhoun decided to find some answers. She looked into housing costs, HR trends, credit card debt averages, and divorce data. At every turn, she saw a pattern: sandwiched between the Boomers...
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This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors...
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"Jason Fitger is a beleaguered professor of creative writing and literature at Payne University, a small and not very distinguished liberal arts college in the Midwest ... His once-promising writing career is in the doldrums, as is his romantic life, in part as the result of his unwise use of his private affairs for his novels ... In short, his life is a tale of woe, and the vehicle this ... novel uses to tell that tale is a series of ... letters...
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"This book specifies why organizations fall into patterns of inertia and details the skills leaders need to regain organizational momentum. It includes case illustrations from technology, finance, banking, home entertainment, and retail business sectors. Illustrations are drawn from organizations such as Amazon, Apple, Borders, Merrill Lynch, Nintendo, Starbucks, and Unilever, among many others. The book says that organizational leaders need to continuously...
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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The third season of Outlander picks up right after Claire travels through the stones to return to her life in 1948. Now pregnant, she struggles with the fallout of her sudden reappearance and its effect on her marriage to her first husband, Frank. Meanwhile, in the 18th century, Jamie suffers from the aftermath of his doomed last stand at the historic battle of Culloden, as well as the loss of Claire. As the years pass, Jamie and Claire attempt to...
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Despite the development of a faster-than-light drive, Earth's space program has been in the doldrums for centuries, as has Earth itself. Hyperspace being impossible to navigate without beacons at which to aim, there is no alternative but to wait for vessels sent out at sub-light speed decades previously to find somewhere worth going.
Unfortunately, when a worthwhile planet finally turns up, it doesn't take long for political conflicts to materialize
...11) The Disobedient
Publisher
Visit Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Two childhood soul mates reconnect years later and embark on an impromptu bicycle trip, hoping to escape the doldrums of adult life. Nominated for the World Cinema - Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the **Sundance Film Festival.** *"A lush and lyrical tale, rich in its presentation of tantalizing pastoral romance set against a beautiful sunbaked landscape." - Mark Adams, **Screen International***
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English
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There's a reason hit songs offer such guilty pleasure--they're designed that way. Over the last two decades a new type of hit song has emerged, one that is almost inescapably catchy. Pop songs have always had a "hook," but today's songs bristle with them: a hook every seven seconds is the rule. Painstakingly crafted to tweak the brain's delight in melody, rhythm, and repetition, these songs are highly processed products. Like snack-food engineers,...
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Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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In dire need of a stout dose of sound advice? Shake the doldrums and get back on track by dipping into W. A. Clouston's fascinating Book of Wise Sayings. Bringing together bon mots and aphorisms from around the world, this volume can soothe the soul in troubled times or provide philosophical fodder for a lively discussion.
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English
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Have you ever wanted to be a pirate? To sail the high seas in search of adventure-and maybe some buried treasure?
Well, writer Bridget Heos and illustrator Daniel Duncan welcome you aboard Captain Parrot's pirate ship! Captain Parrot is here to tell you about the life of a real swashbuckler from the Golden Age of Piracy (1650-1730).
From danger to the doldrums, Who Wants to Be a Pirate? has all the need-to-know facts. And don't worry about walking...
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English
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The Chuckle Wobbles is a story about creating Moments of Happiness that we can draw upon when feeling anxious or sad.
Spinning in Dimensional Space is a happy planet called Mirth, home of the Chuckle Wobbles who are bright, bubbly and love to dance.
On another planet called Mopus, dwell the Doldrums who are sad, dreary and full of gloom.
The Chuckle Wobbles are the Keepers of a magical book which reveals sad and unhappy planets. When the book opens...
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Invited by 1930 North Yorkshire's brewery queen to accompany her to public engagements that are then upended by the murder of a drayman, Kate Shackleton investigates two suspects, including a disreputable horse dealer and her hostess's conservative-minded father.
"North Yorkshire, 1930. It's the season for warm and spirited countryside celebrations. Ever since the war, pubs have been in the doldrums, and in an attempt to promote and breathe new life...
18) The Disobedient
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Serbian
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Two childhood soul mates reconnect years later and embark on an impromptu bicycle trip, hoping to escape the doldrums of adult life.
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Penguin USA, Inc
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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An online expert and home economist gathers hundreds of practical—and surprising—tips.
Everyone is being squeezed these days by the faltering economy, but nobody wants to give up the things that add to quality of life. Much more than just common sense warmed over, this handy guide will take them through the doldrums of the current economy, helping them budget and set priorities, while still enjoying their lives.
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Twisted tales (Liz Braswell) volume 8
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"What if Wendy first traveled to Never Land... with Captain Hook? Sixteen-year-old Wendy Darling's life is not what she imagined it would be. The doldrums of an empty house after her brothers have gone to school, the dull parties where everyone thinks she talks too much, and the fact that her parents have decided to send her away to Ireland as a governess--it all makes her wish things could be different. Wendy's only real escape is in writing down...
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