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1) Maame
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""An utterly charming and deeply moving portrait of the joys--and the guilt--of trying to find your own way in life." --Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Meeting Maame feels like falling in love for the first time: warm, awkward, joyous, alittle bit heartbreaking and, most of all, unforgettable." --Xochitl Gonzalez, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi but in my case, it means...
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She made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando tongue-tied. She iced out Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. Andy Warhol photographed her. Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine. Gore Vidal revered her. Francis Bacon heckled her. Peter Sellers was madly in love with her. For Pablo Picasso, she was the object of sexual fantasy. Princess Margaret aroused passion and indignation in equal measures. To her friends, she was witty and regal. To her...
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Queen Elizabeth II was best known for two things—as the longest reigning monarch in British history and her love for corgis. Now, in this elegant gift book, we have a beautifully illustrated tribute to the final days of QEII, told from the poignant point of view of Muick, the Queen's corgi.
Muick is the Queen's loyal corgi. Loving, attentive, but with an occasional tendency to nip ankles.
But Muick can't find his Queen. The courtiers won't let him...
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This title is an audiobook produced by Canarit Audiobooks, please find us at www.canaritaudiobooks.com, and contact us at: production@canaritaudiobooks.com
Kate Chopin was born in Louisiana in 1850, and established her life there as a ground breaking author, as her work subject included radical- for- the- time- ideas, such as feminism, race and social change. Her notable and important works include but are not limited to: Beyond The Bayou, The Story...
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In "Ma'ame Pelagie", two women inhabit the ruins of their coastal Louisiana plantation, hoarding their pennies so they can restore it to its pre-Civil war glory. Ma'am Pelagie and her younger sister, Pauline sip coffee on the veranda and share stories about the house's glorious past and their own narrow escape from danger during the war. When their niece arrives from the city for a visit, the sisters are compelled to make a hard choice about the once...
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In the same vein as major bestsellers as Tony Dungy's Quiet Strength, Coach K's Leading with the Heart, and Bo'sLasting Lessons by Bo Schembechler, Coach Ken Carter brings us a highly personal motivational and inspirational book of dedicated life lessons.
Accountability... Overcoming adversity... Taking charge of your life... Learning how to succeed when others expect you to fail. These are the essences of Coach Carter's basic building blocks for...
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