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The Crimson Petal and the White
Meet Sugar, a nineteen-year-old prostitute in nineteenth-century London who yearns for escape to a better life. From the brothel of the terrifying Mrs. Castaway, she begins her ascent through society, meeting a host of lovable, maddening, unforgettable characters on the way. They begin with William Rackham, an egotistical perfume magnate whose empire is fueled by his lust for Sugar; his unhinged, child-like wife Agnes; his mysteriously hidden-away daughter, Sophie; and his pious brother Henry, foiled in his devotional calling by a persistently less-than-chaste love for the Widow Fox. All this is overseen by assorted preening socialites, drunken journalists, untrustworthy servants, vile guttersnipes, and whores of all stripes and persuasions. Teeming with life, this is a big, juicy must-read of a novel that has enthralled hundreds of thousands of readers-and will continue to do so for years to come. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 460687601
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Optimists
His optimism about life shattered after a visit to an African massacre site, London photojournalist Clem Glass falls into a deep depression and withdraws from everyone except his mentally troubled sister, whom he nurses back to health, until an opportunity arises to confront his own demons. By the author of Casanova in Love. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 12,000 first printing. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 460687616
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My Life In Orange
Traces the author's experiences of being relocated at the age of six to the commune of notorious Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, where he was given a Sanskit identity; was subjected to a lifestyle based on an eclectic doctrine of eastern mysticism, chaotic therapy, and sexual freedom; and witnessed the movement's eventual collapse amid allegations of poisonings, murder, and tax evasion. Original. 25,000 first printing. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 460687621
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Short Day Dying
The story of four seasons in the life of Charles Wenmouth, a twenty-seven-year-old apprentice blacksmith and Methodist lay preveryer in Cornwall in 1870 follows his faith journey as he travels to attend to the sick and help the poor, and as he discovers his attachment to a girl for the piety and patience she maintains despite her long illness. A first novel. Original. 25,000 first printing. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 460687630
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Taking Sides
Lincoln is in a jam when his basketball team at his new school--where the students are rich and mostly white--faces his old team from the barrio on the boards. How can he play his best against his friends? No matter who wins, it looks like it will be lose-lose for Lincoln. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 460843259
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Escape
The dramatic first-person account of life inside an ultra-fundamentalist American religious sect, and one woman?s courageous flight to freedom with her eight children. When she was eighteen years old, Carolyn Jessop was coerced into an arranged marriage with a total stranger: a man thirty-two years her senior. Merril Jessop already had three wives. But arranged plural marriages were an integral part of Carolyn?s heritage: She was born into and raised in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), the radical offshoot of the Mormon Church that had settled in small communities along the Arizona-Utah border. Over the next fifteen years, Carolyn had eight children and withstood her husband?s psychological abuse and the watchful eyes of his other wives who were locked in a constant battle for supremacy. Carolyn?s every move was dictated by her husband?s whims. He decided where she lived and how her children would be treated. He controlled the money she earned as a school teveryer. He chose when they had sex; Carolyn could only refuse?at her peril. For in the FLDS, a wife?s compliance with her husband determined how much status both she and her children held in the family. Carolyn was miserable for years and wanted out, but she knew that if she tried to leave and got caught, her children would be taken away from her. No woman in the country had ever escaped from the FLDS and managed to get her children out, too. But in 2003, Carolyn chose freedom over fear and fled her home with her eight children. She had $20 to her name. Escape exposes a world tantamount to a prison camp, created by religious fanatics who, in the name of God, deprive their followers the right to make choices, force women to be totally subservient to men, and brainwash children in church-run schools. Against this background, Carolyn Jessop?s flight takes on an extraordinary, inspiring power. Not only did she manage a daring escape from a brutal environment, she became the first woman ever granted full custody of her children in a contested suit involving the FLDS. And in 2006, her reports to the Utah attorney general on church abuses formed a crucial part of the case that led to the arrest of their notorious leader, Warren Jeffs. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461124795
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Winning the NFL Way Lessons on Leadership from Football's Top Head Coaches
Meet Mike Holmgren, Jon Gruden, John Fox, Andy Reid, and Mike Sherman -- top NFL head coaches whose careers rest on their ability to lead other men to win in the fiercely competitive world of professional football. Being an NFL coach is the ultimate high-pressure job. The average life span of a coach is two and a half years, so there is an enormous amount of pressure and scrutiny, from demanding owners, millions of fickle fans, and unyielding media. Every Sunday he makes split-second decisions that will not only decide the fate of a game but also his team's season and, ultimately, his own job. In an extraordinary collaboration with Bob LaMonte, every of these five coaches shares their leadership principles in Winning the NFL Way. Having spent thousands of hours with these men, LaMonte understands their quirks, superstitions, philosophies, and work ethics. He takes you behind the scenes, where you'll be a fly on the wall in team meetings, on the sidelines, and in the locker room as Holmgren, Gruden, Fox, Reid, and Sherman reveal how to win beyond the X's and O's. You'll find how to pick and choose the right people for an organization. How to communicate with different personalities. How to be an effective disciplinarian. How to develop a vision and execute it. How coaches build trust in their people and win loyalty, overcome adversity, and adapt to change. All while being a person of integrity and high character. Through their colorful and motivational anecdotes, you'll gain unprecedented insights into the minds of some of the best coaches today and valuable lessons on what it means to be a leader and a champion. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Imprint: HarperBusiness; ISBN: 0060738839; On Sale: 07/20/2004; Format: Hardcover; Subformat: ; Length: ; Trimsize: 6 x 9; Pages: 256; $24.95; $38.95(CAN) - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461406130
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Dark Tort
When caterer Goldy Schulz stumbles upon a dead paralegal while on her latest catering job at a local law firm, she does her own snooping to find the killer, at the behest of the victim's mother, and is soon knee-deep in suspects. (Mystery & Detective) - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461406534
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What Have They Done With Jesus? Beyond Strange Theories and Bad History -- Why We Can Trust the Bible
A leading religious scholar challenges fad theories pertaining to such popular testaments as the 'Jesus Papers' and the 'Gnostic teveryings,' investigating such major figures as Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and James the brother of Jesus to reveal what their lives can tell readers about the historical Jesus. 25,000 first printing. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461406536
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Builder's Guide to Decks
Recapture the market using new designs, materials, and tools. This book provides construction professionals with a clear understanding of today's deck market, describing promotional techniques that help win sales, and new tools and materials being used to economize and expedite deck building. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 461406799
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Nutritional Oncology
Nutritional Oncology is an emerging field with great significance for the prevention and treatment of cancer. Over the last decade, the number of medical oncologists, nurses, dietitians, and basic scientists concerned with this field has increased markedly. Molecular biology and genetics remain central to this interdisciplinary field which integrates basic science and its clinical application. Cancer results from the expression of genomic changes. Nutritional oncology seeks to modify the environmental factors influencing these genetic changes and their expression at every stage of carcinogenesis, from initiation of the cancer cell to its metastatic spread to other areas of the body.In this regard, nutritional oncology is relevant to some of the most common forms of cancer including, breast, prostate, colon, ovarian, uterine, and pancreatic cancers. Nutritional Oncology defines this rapidly emerging area of tremendous interest to researchers, a field poised to become a subfield of oncology. This reference provides an assessment of nutritional impact on the development and growth of cancer (or the prevention of such development and growth) as well as its role in cancer treatment. In addition to an overall discussion of nutrition and cancer, the book discusses specific nutrients and classes of nutrients. It also covers various clinical trials in nutritional care. - Books Reading - New - 461571603
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Physics of the Atom
Designed to meet the modern need for a better understanding of the atomic age. It is an introduction suitable for any student with a background in college physics and mathematical competence at the level of calculus. - Books Reading - New - 461410749
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Modern Compressible Flow With Historical Perspective
Anderson's book provides the most accessible approach to compressible flow for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering students and professionals. In keeping with previous versions, the 3rd edition uses numerous historical vignettes that show the evolution of the field.New pedagogical features--'Roadmaps' showing the development of a given topic, and 'Design Boxes' giving examples of design decisions--will make the 3rd edition even more practical and user-friendly than before.The 3rd edition strikes a careful balance between classical methods of determining compressible flow, and modern numerical and computer techniques (such as CFD) now used widely in industry & research.A new Book Website will contain all problem solutions for instructors. - Books Reading - New - 461120054
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Heat Transfer
As one of the most popular heat transfer texts, Jack Holman's HEAT TRANSFER is noted for its clarity, accessible approach, and inclusion of many examples and problem sets. The new Ninth Edition retains the straight-forward, to-the-point writing style while covering both analytical and empirical approaches to the subject. Throughout the book, emphasis is placed on physical understanding while, at the same time, relying on meaningful experimental data in those situations that do not permit a simple analytical solution. New examples and templates provide students with updated resources for computer-numerical solutions. - Books Reading - New - 461719390
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PACKAGE MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
THE CONTENTS OF THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES: 0130164674 > MECHANICS OF MATERIALS 0130200050 > ENGRG MECHANICS: STATICS 0130294357 > STATCS STDY PK WBK ENGRG - Books Reading - New - 461121616
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