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1) Uprooted
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The tangled roots of love and betrayal…. A collision of the past and present. One will find love, the other betrayal. The last thing Lily Deene remembers is texting her boyfriend, Simon before going to bed. She awakes in the dark and cold with no idea where she is. With air running out, Lily's in danger of becoming a ghost herself. Nazi prison guard Heinrich Richter decides to leave a war he no longer supports. He undertakes a perilous journey to...
2) Uprooted
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It was a warm spring evening in the country home where Beth and Marie shared their lives with dogs, cats, cows, chickens, and many beautiful birds flittering in the trees. Beth sat under a huge oak tree and relaxed after chores were done, animals fed, and the evening light fading. Marie had left that morning with her brother to visit family up north. Beth was planning to catch up at home, with HAM radio operators, spend some quality time fishing in...
3) Uprooted
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A simple, lucrative project to grow ferns seems an attractive proposition for R&P Labs, but that's before Florida botanist Grayson Quayle travels 3,000 miles to attach himself to the lab, bringing with him a pile of unwelcome personal baggage. The R&P staff would like to see the last of Quayle, but it appears that they're not the only ones. When arsenic from a scientific project is put to an unscientific use, Rob, Phil, Ellis, Virginia and Mitch find...
4) Uprooted
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This book is a collection of short stories that capture the voices and often painful experiences of immigrants and their children. Although the narrator and her family go through tough times and face culture shock, hardships, and sometimes homesickness, they manage to overcome all obstacles and try to make a life for themselves. The eleven stories are separated with plenty of extra activities but are still connected, and the events are narrated in...
5) Uprooted
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Sold as a slave and uprooted from home, 18-year-old Hest must decide where his loyalties lie or risk losing his new friends.At peace in the stable, Hest cares for the visitors to Stad while spinning tales of adventure for the innkeeper's son. But when a foreign warrior purchases him as a slave, he must decide if he's willing to live the adventures he's told.With his new home under attack from an old enemy, Hest must learn to fight or lose his life...
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When pregnant Esther-a young, adventurous, British-born Israeli-follows her new husband, Steve, to America, she has no idea what she's getting herself into.
Even before their baby is born, Esther discovers the dark side of her charming film production manager husband, and learns that she must cope with his moodiness and domineering personality. Left alone day after day in a high-rise apartment in Queens, Esther struggles with culture shock, homesickness,...
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These stories recount Latinos' escape from corruption and dire poverty, life-threatening border crossings, and precarious conditions, searching for a dignified, life in an America where acceptance and hostility coexist.
The thirteen stories in this book-10 fiction and three non-fiction-grab your imagination and transport you into this underground world. Some provide a glimpse of the evils in their countries of origin that prompted their migration-dire...
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Readers will discover the source of the roots and how to guard their heart once these roots have been removed.
All glory and honor to my Heavenly Father for the given inspiration to produce this book. For without His orchestration the completion of this book would not have been possible.
"Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out"
(Proverbs 20:5)
Truly, God has insight into our hearts (its intents,...
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My grandparent's house had a gumball tree and under this tree, as a boy, I would listen and observe as the role models around me discussed the subjects of life. The things discussed became what I believed and held as life principles concerning relationships, religion, finances and health. Years under that old gumball tree were fun and exciting, but fostered detrimental information to me. Years later, I saw that the old gumball tree completely uprooted....
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History has been the story of invaders, emperors, kings, concubines, leaders, and their lackeys until now. With today's technology, a button click will share an ordinary man's story.
Robin's memoir takes you through the incredible journey of one person's life, as he reflects on his childhood during India's independence movement, World War II, and communal riots. And as a young man, how he faces the political upheaval of Kolkata in the 1960s and...
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It's 1972, and seventeen-year-old Linda Strader's parents do the unthinkable-they move from Syracuse, New York to Prescott, Arizona. At first, Linda is furious and doesn't want to move. True, life in Syracuse isn't perfect, but all her friends are there. Then she has a thought: maybe this move won't be so bad. What if she can make herself into someone new? Expecting a desert, Linda is surprised to find Prescott surrounded by pine-covered mountains,...
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Gregor Thum is assistant professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh.
How a German city became Polish after World War II
With the stroke of a pen at the Potsdam Conference following the Allied victory in 1945, Breslau, the largest German city east of Berlin, became the Polish city of Wroclaw. Its more than six hundred thousand inhabitants-almost all of them ethnic Germans-were expelled and replaced by Polish settlers from all parts of...
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Prepare to go way out of the box. Drawing from the old folk admonishment that 'It ain't no fun when the rabbit's got the gun', Uprooted: If the Rabbit Had the Gun presents three power-punched tales that will move all who read them in unexpected ways. Each movement, Smack Dab in the Middle, Did We All Fall Down or Did Some of Us Get Pushed?, and In My Final Hours, presents an independent story of challenges common to the human condition from the twisted...
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Swnn and Stie were born on Nkn, a major planet in the Complex, a federation of extraterrestrial civilizations. The young couple hoped to live a peaceful life in an environment where nature and technology coexist in balance. But they are forced to mobilize when the leaders of the Complex decide to launch a vast expedition to save a planet that has exhausted its resources: Earth.
"Renaissance V1 is brimming with mature ideas that arent grounded...
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"In this intergenerational graphic memoir, renowned video game designer Jordan Mechner traces his family's journey through war, Nazi occupation, and everyday marital strife. 1914. A teenage romantic heads to the enlistment office when his idyllic life in a Jewish enclave of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is shattered by World War I. 1938. A seven-year-old refugee begins a desperate odyssey through France, struggling to outrun the rapidly expanding Nazi...
16) Groot: Uprooted
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Groot volume 1
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Monster, hero, Guardian: Groot! Before he was a Guardian of the Galaxy - before the Grootfall - young Groot lived a life of tranquility on his serene homeworld, Planet X. But when monstrous invaders attack his world, this courageous sapling must shoulder a heroic destiny! And this destiny will lead Groot to cross paths with a young Kree soldier by the name of Mar-Vell! But who - or what - is behind the devastation of Planet X? Does any life yet stir...
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Living Uprooted: Encouragement for the Missionary Spouse is a missionary manual for women who want to grow in their relationship with God so they can best support their spouses on the mission field and serve others overseas well. It's the book Mari wishes she had a decade earlier, written to prepare the next missionary wife for her unique role in overseas missions.
This companion workbook will prompt you to
-dig deeper into God's Word on mission...
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'Lyrical and uncompromising - Suhaiymah writes to disrupt' - gal-dem
Islamophobia is everywhere. It is a narrative and history woven so deeply into our everyday lives that we don't even notice it – in our education, how we travel, our healthcare, legal system and at work. Behind the scenes it affects the most vulnerable, at the border and in prisons. Despite this, the conversation about Islamophobia is relegated to microaggressions and slurs.
Suhaiymah...
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A compelling look at the powerful global forces that will cause billions of us to move geographically over the next decades, ushering in an era of radical change.
In the 60,000 years since people began colonizing the continents, a recurring feature of human civilization has been mobility-the ever-constant search for resources and stability. Seismic global events-wars and genocides, pandemics and plagues-have only accelerated the process. The map...
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