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Jake Anderson's life seemed perfect. Husband to a gorgeous woman, father to an adorable daughter and a son any father would wish to have.
Everything was going well for him but one day on a family outing, Jake witnesses a terrible event which will scar him for the rest of his life and change the trajectory of his life as he knew it.
How does one come back from such a deep seated loss? Will Jake ever be able to accept that there is still beauty in...
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A warmhearted and tender true story about a young girl finding beauty, where she never thought to look, now in Mandarin Chinese.
Drawn from author Kao Kalia Yang's childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this moving picture book portrays a family with a great deal of love and little money. Weaving together Kalia's story with that of her beloved grandmother, the book moves from the jungles of Laos to the family's early years in the United States.
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A warmhearted and tender true story about a young girl finding beauty where she never thought to look, now in Mandarin Chinese. Drawn from author Kao Kalia Yang's childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this moving picture book portrays a family with a great deal of love and little money. Weaving together Kalia's story with that of her beloved grandmother, the book moves from the jungles of Laos to the family's early years in the United States....
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Lisa Gungor thought she knew her own story: small-town girl meets boy in college and they blissfully walk down the aisle into happily ever after. Their Christian faith was their lens and foundation for everything-their marriage, their music, their dreams for the future. But as their dreams began to come true, she began to wonder if her religion was really representative of the 'good news' she had been taught.
She never expected the questions to lead...
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A warmhearted and tender true story about a young girl finding beauty where she never thought to look, now in Spanish.
Drawn from author Kao Kalia Yang's childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this moving picture book portrays a family with a great deal of love and little money. Weaving together Kalia's story with that of her beloved grandmother, the book moves from the jungles of Laos to the family's early years in the United States.
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A warmhearted and tender true story about a young girl finding beauty where she never thought to look, now in French.
Drawn from author Kao Kalia Yang's childhood experiences as a Hmong refugee, this moving picture book portrays a family with a great deal of love and little money. Weaving together Kalia's story with that of her beloved grandmother, the book moves from the jungles of Laos to the family's early years in the United States.
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"Now a documentary narrated by Common, produced by Grant Hill, Dwyane Wade, and 9th Wonder, from filmmaker Mary Mazzio The moving true story of a group of young men growing up on Chicago's West side who form the first all-black high school rowing team inthe nation, and in doing so not only transform a sport, but their lives. Growing up on Chicago's Westside in the 90's, Arshay Cooper knows the harder side of life. The street corners are full of gangs,...
11) Runners Can Suck It! How a Non-runner Crushed a 30 KM Trail Run (TMBT- The Most Beautiful Thing) Wit
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Just signed up for the TMBT 30K race (or any ultra trail run for that matter) and have no idea how to train for it? Every year, hundreds sign up for the race but based on the results, only a meagre 50% complete the race in any given category. Don't be one of those who does not complete the race. Don't be one of those statistics that get stopped at the water stations. BE THE ONE WHO COMPLETES the race!This is a simple guidebook that covers everything...
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"M.F.K. Fisher meets Brain on Fire in this exquisite memoir of a 28-year-old food blogger who cooks her way back to health after a near-fatal aneurysm. Jessica Fechtor was on top of the world: a Harvard graduate student, happily married, and thinking about starting a family. Then, while attending an academic conference, she went for a run and an aneurysm burst in her brain. Multiple surgeries left her skull startlingly deformed. She lost her sense...
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This uplifting novel penned by prominent Kentucky novelist James Lane Allen reminds readers that the most beautiful things in art and in life are often found in the most unexpected places. Young Ashby Truesdale has been blessed with a singing voice of remarkable purity and earnestness, but his family is mired in unspeakable poverty. Will he be able to overcome this hindrance to bring his creative gift to the world? As part of our mission to publish...
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In the forest, there is a contest pronounced by the elephant , "Go find the most beautiful thing in the world, and give me the answer at sunset." The deer who is one of the contestants gets side tracked by saving a little rabbit and tending a porcupine's wound.
20) The Little Eagle
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Can you see with eyes to see
The most beautiful thing ever seen?
Can you hear with ears to hear
A story about the goodness of Life
That you feel with your heart?
O' come, little eagle.
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