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"Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness. The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother's former nurse, the little half-brother isn't allowed to do or eat anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly perfect. Then, there's Merit. Merit Voss...
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Kayla is an Amish young woman who cannot help but feel attraction for the new helper on her father's farm. But when her father catches wind of a possible courtship between the two, he immediately forbids Kayla to have any interaction with the Englischer. For the first time in her life, Kayla goes against her father's orders...but will she find out that his warnings were not without merit?
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Rumor has it that Nuala getting extra credit from her professors by doing favors for them. Nuala is a rabbit shifter, a prey animal surrounded by predator shifters who think she's sleeping her way to the top. Thankfully, her best friends do what they can to make sure that everyone stays out of her way, so she ignores the rumors, thinking that without merit, the unfounded gossip would fizzle out. Nuala just wants to keep a low profile, focus on her...
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How to Use This Book
People spend a large part of their waking hours trying to change, wanting to get better. Whether it's weight loss or spending habits or overall fitness, everyone would like to change some aspect of themself.
New Year's Eve resolutions are, generally, forgotten by February. Failing to change comes from two misunderstandings.
Personal change is incremental. We get better with small steps, not giant leaps.
Change means we have...
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Extensive immigration restrictions are an attempt by the U.S. government to centrally manage the demographics, labor market, and culture of the United States instead of letting those facets of our society develop naturally--as they have throughout most of history. Many objections have been raised against a return to America's traditional free-immigration policy, but they are without merit and ignore immigration's tremendous benefits. In this Broadside,...
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Train your brain for better decisions, problem solving, and innovation
Think Smarter: Critical Thinking to Improve Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills is the comprehensive guide to training your brain to do more for you. Written by a critical thinking trainer and coach, the book presents a pragmatic set of tools to apply critical thinking techniques to everyday business issues. Think Smarter is filled with real world examples that demonstrate...
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Center Street
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2018.
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THE MILITANT NORMALS, written by one of the conservative movement's wittiest commentators, is a no-holds-barred takedown of the preening elites who have all but made normalcy a crime in America. Donald Trump is only the beginning of a mighty disruption in American politics and culture, thanks to the rise of the militant Normals in America. They built this country, they make it run, and when called on, they fight for it. They are the heart and soul...
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"Are you "leadership material?" More importantly, do others perceive you to be? Sylvia Ann Hewlett, a noted expert on workplace power and influence, shows you how to identify and embody the Executive Presence (EP) that you need to succeed. You can have the experience and qualifications of a leader, but without executive presence, you won't advance. EP is an amalgam of qualities that true leaders exude, a presence that telegraphs you're in charge or...
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Chicagoland vampires volume 7
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"At the tender age of twenty-seven, Merit became a sword-wielding vampire. Since then, she's become the protector of her House, watched Chicago nearly burn to the ground, and seen her Master fall and rise. Now she'll see her mettle--and her metal--tested like never before. It starts when two Rogues vanish without a trace. Someone is targeting Chicago's vampires, and anyone could be next. With their House in peril, Merit and her Master, centuries-old...
10) Reunion: a novel
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Keira Johnson, a fifty-year-old mother of two grown sons, believes she lives a good Christian life without secrets, until she discovers a fact her late mother kept hidden all her life--a secret which shares merit with Keira's niece's unwanted pregnancy.
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"Do we live in a meritocracy? Many believe we do and that it is an essential element of the American Dream. Others would say we do not. In this book, Doron Taussig examines how people think about the relationship between merit and achievement. The surprise is that our understanding of how life works and what it means to deserve something is more flexible and fluid than our mythology"
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Kanopy Streaming
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2015.
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The Australian Rugby team went to South Africa in 1992 for the first official tour in 23 years. Apartheid was collapsing and approval by the ANC meant the tour could go ahead. The Wallabies were world champions but until they had beaten the Springboks they hadn't beaten the best. "The African Campaign" is as near to the champion team as you can get without being selected. Much more than a sports film, we get a feel for the emerging South Africa, it's...
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Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc
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2021.
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Through the voice of her male protagonist, Lukmon, Atta peels away nuanced layers to expose the realities of migration from Nigeria to the USA, such as the strains of adjustment and the stifling pressure to conform without loss of identity. Covering a wide range of issues, including interracial and intra-racial tensions, and familial strains exacerbated in a new geographic and cultural environment, this novel is a thoroughgoing exposition of the many...
14) Pas de don't
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"Heather Hays finally has everything she's worked for--she was promoted principal dancer and is engaged to her forever crush, ballet royalty Jack Andersen. But after Jack is caught cheating, Heather's near-perfect life comes crashing down. Determined to prove that she rose to the top on her own merits, she accepts a guest position from the only company that will hire her without Jack: the Australian National Ballet. There she meets Marcus Campbell,...
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"The Left has seized on our economic troubles as an excuse to "blame the rich guy" and paint a picture of capitalism and the free market as selfish, greedy, and cruel. Democrats in Congress and "Occupy" protesters across the country assert that the free market is not only unforgiving, it's morally corrupt. According to President Obama and his allies, only by allowing the government to heavily control and regulate business and by redistributing the...
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Beacon Press
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[2017]
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English
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Loving beyond boundaries is a radical act that is changing America. When Mildred and Richard Loving wed in 1958, they were ripped from their shared bed and taken to court. Their crime: miscegenation, punished by exile from their home state of Virginia. The resulting landmark decision of Loving v. Virginia ended bans on interracial marriage and remains a signature case--the first to use the words "white supremacy" to describe such racism. Drawing from...
19) Immigration
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New York Times Educational Publishing
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2019.
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English
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DC Comics
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[2019]
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"Let's rock! Here we go with more adventures with the funniest teenage superhero gang around - the stars of Teen Titans Go! to the Movies! All the Teen Titans wanted to do was enjoy a fun night out at a concert... but their plans change when Terra shows up to terrorize the team! Will paper beat rock when Robin leads the Titans in an origami attack against Terra? Then, the Titans are shunned by social media elites when a bad after-action photo reveals...
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