Random House Audio Publishing.
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[2016]
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English
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"For several years the Iranian government tried everything to silence Shirin Ebadi: They arrested her, bugged her phones, attacked her home, shadowed her everywhere she went, seized her office, and nailed a death threat to her front door. But nothing could stop Ebadi from her work as a human rights lawyer defending women, children, and the persecuted in Iran. After several years of harrassment and intimidation, the Iranian spy services turned their...
122) The lake of dreams
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English
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In this book, the author tells the story of a woman's homecoming, a family secret, and the old house that holds the key to the true legacy of a family. At a crossroads in her life, Lucy Jarrett returns home from Japan, only to find herself haunted by her father's unresolved death a decade ago. Old longings stirred up by Keegan Fall, a local glass artist who was once her passionate first love, lead her into the unexpected. Late one night, as she paces...
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than one million copies sold! Essentialism isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done.
“A timely, essential read for anyone who feels overcommitted, overloaded, or overworked.”—Adam Grant
Have you ever:
• found yourself stretched too thin?
• simultaneously felt overworked...
“A timely, essential read for anyone who feels overcommitted, overloaded, or overworked.”—Adam Grant
Have you ever:
• found yourself stretched too thin?
• simultaneously felt overworked...
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English
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"A moving and inspirational story with a deeply personal look into the Yousafzai family, "Let her fly" traces Ziauddin Yousafzai's life journey. From an unconfident, stammering little boy living in a mud house in a mountainous region of Pakistan to a man who has broken with regressive social norms, Yousafzai has proven that there are many faces of feminism. As an educator, a family man, and an activist, Yousafzai has championed positive changes...
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Meg Hobart has it all, a happy marriage to a handsome, successful husband, a beautiful home in Charlotte, North Carolina, and three wonderful children. But her life comes crashing down around her the day she learns that her husband, James, has brought the family to financial ruin without even one word of warning. On the way to Meg's parents' house, they have an accident and end up needing car repairs. They take refuge with an Amish family until the...
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Despite personal success, Yedidyah, a theater critic in New York City, finds himself increasingly drawn to the past. As he reflects on his life and the decisions he's made, he longingly reminisces about the relationships he once had with the men in his family and the questions that remain unanswered. It's a feeling that is further complicated when Yedidyah is assigned to cover the murder trial of a German expatriate named Werner Sonderberg. As Sonderberg's...
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English
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With his inimitable wit and knowledge, Kenneth Davis proves there is a lot more to geography than labeling countries on a map. Davis shows how geography is really a great crossroads of many fields; biology, meteorology, astronomy, history, economics, and even politics. For anyone who has felt geographically ignorant ever since gas stations stopped handing out free maps.
129) Fatal alliance
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Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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"Tassaa Bareesh, a matriarch in the Hutt crime cartel, is holding an auction that's drawing attention from across the galaxy. Representatives of both the Republic and the Sith Empire are present, along with a Jedi Padawan sent to investigate, a disenfranchised trooper drummed out of the Republic's elite Blackstar Squad, and a mysterious Mandalorian with a private agenda. But the Republic's envoy is not what he seems, the Empire's delegate is a ruthless...
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With their house in foreclosure, sisters India and Mouse and brother Finn are sent to stay with an uncle in Colorado until their mother can join them, but when the plane lands, the children are welcomed by cheering crowds to a strange place where each of them has a perfect house and a clock that is ticking down the time.
132) Whittington
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English
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Whittington, a feline descendant of Dick Whittington's famous cat of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor's story.
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English
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Everyone knows that Icarus's father made him wings and told him not to fly too close to the sun; he ignored the warning and plunged to his doom. The lesson: Play it safe. Listen to the experts. It was the perfect propaganda for the industrial economy. What boss wouldn't want employees to believe that obedience and conformity are the keys to success? But we tend to forget that Icarus was also warned not to fly too low, because seawater would ruin the...
134) Rework
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English
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Rework shows you a better, faster, easier way to succeed in business.
Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf.
Read it and you'll know why plans are actually harmful, why you don't need outside investors, and why you're better off ignoring the competition. The...
Most business books give you the same old advice: Write a business plan, study the competition, seek investors, yadda yadda. If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf.
Read it and you'll know why plans are actually harmful, why you don't need outside investors, and why you're better off ignoring the competition. The...
136) Paul and me
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Pub. Date
[2010]
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Unabridged.
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English
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This is the story of the friendship and adventures of Paul Newman and A. E. Hotchner.
137) Blind descent
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Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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Chronicles attempts by scientist-explorers to locate the deepest cave on Earth, focusing particularly on the 2004 efforts of American Bill Stone in the vast Cheve Cave of southern Mexico and Ukrainian Alexander Klimchouk in the supercave Krubera in the Republic of Georgia.
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Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Unabridged edition.
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English
Description
Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance, all graduates of the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened and members of the Benedict Society, embark on a scavenger hunt that turns into a desperate search for the missing Mr. Benedict.
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Unabridged.
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English
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The deadly dungeon: While visiting Wallis's castle, Dink and his friends investigate strange noises that lead them to a dangerous secret.
The empty envelope: Dink and his friends unearth the mysterious truth behind the envelopes incorrectly delivered to his house.
The falcon's feathers: Josh and his two friends look for the person who stole a peregrine falcon from its nest.
The goose's gold: When Ruth Rose and her friends, vacationing in Florida,...
140) The lightning thief
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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Unabridged.
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English
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After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
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