 | Diary of a Taxi Driver: True Stories From Singapore's Most Educated Cabdriver
Publication Date: February 23, 2010When Dr. Cai Mingjie, a lifelong scientist and university professor, lost his job at a leading research institute in Singapore, his world collapsed around him. Despite having published numerous papers and a Stanford PhD, he could not find a suitable job. Disheartened by the global financial crisis, he became a taxi driver, the Singaporean job of last resort.While driving a cab he jotted down notes about his experiences and posted them on his blog, quickly becoming an internet celebrity with close to one million pageviews so far.Experience the real Singapore...
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 | An economic analysis of the U.S. domestic book publishing industry: 1972--present
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 | Ghost Song
Publication Date: June 16, 2012A hundred years ago, the Tarleton Music Hall, on London's south bank, was one of the city's glittering night-spots, with song-and-dance man Toby Chance heading the bill. But Toby disappeared in 1914 and the Tarleton has been locked ever since. With property prices soaring, an investment group hires Robert Fallon to survey the place. Fallon is charmed by the project and the rumors that the Tarleton is haunted by a Singing Ghost. The deeper he delves, though, the harder it gets to shake the notion that he is being menaced by the past....
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 | When Red Is Black
Release Date: August 1, 2005“Sublime . . . complex and riveting.”—Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post Book World“A vivid picture of modern Chinese society . . . a work of real distinction.”—The Wall Street Journal“[A] terrific series. . . . [Qiu’s] perspective on China gives the mystery genre a cultural twist and unusual direction that make his books unique and well worth reading.”—The Rocky Mountain NewsInspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Bureau is taking a vacation, in part because he is annoyed at his boss, Party Secretar...
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 | Dorothy L. Sayers: A Biography
Publication Date: June 1981Sayers wanted no biography till 50 years after her death; .. Brabazon has been given the Sayers papers and the family's blessing. The result is a literate, full, intriguing, book-- isolated Edwardian childhood: a vicar's daughter, she grew up with few playmates, living in books,becoming subject to ""lack of contact with reality"" and unable to ""trust her emotions."" And as Dorothy goes on, to Oxford and London and success, often behaving quite badly...Still, nearly all the facts are here, many of them only guessed at before: her emphatic heterosexuality, despite l...
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 | Brave Irene
Release Date: October 11, 2011| Age Level: 4 and up Brave Irene is Irene Bobbin, the dressmaker's daughter. Her mother, Mrs. Bobbin, isn't feeling so well and can't possibly deliver the beautiful ball gown she's made for the duchess to wear that very evening. So plucky Irene volunteers to get the gown to the palace on time, in spite of the fierce snowstorm that's brewing-- quite an errand for a little girl.But where there's a will, there's a way, as Irene proves in the danger-fraught adventure that follows. She must defy the wiles of the wicked wind, her most formidable opponent, and overcom...
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 | A Little Giant Book: Football Facts (Little Giant Books)
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 | Magic Tree House: Games and Puzzles from the Tree House
Release Date: April 27, 2010| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
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 | A Mirror Opens One Thousand Ears
Publication Date: December 29, 2010What makes Hyeyoung Kim's poems distinguished is a lively poetic language based on her intellectual assets and critical thinking in her works. Her poetry in a variety of styles on many subjects shows her insights into the absurd structure of current Korean society and suggests the dream of reforming as well. Her gaze penetrating beyond phenomenal surface is so rare, strong, and courageous hardly found in other contemporary Korean poets. When her feminist ethics embrace the ordinary world, she creates the realm far from cliché. Readers will come across ...
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 | In the Hush of the Evening
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 | Volcanoes & Earthquakes (Nature Company Discoveries Libraries)
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 | Grassland Food Webs (Early Bird Food Webs)
Publication Date: November 1, 2007| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
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 | Rescue Boats (Rescue Vehicles)
Publication Date: January 1, 2011| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
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 | Praise the Lord, My Soul: Psalm 104 for Children (Psalms for Children)
Publication Date: September 1, 2002| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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| Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations
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 | Le Flutiste De Jamelin (Translation of : Pied Piper of Hamlin) (French Edition)
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 | This Is Our Faith: A Catholic Catechism for Adults
Publication Date: September 1, 1998This catechism is specifically designed for Catholic adults, for those who are new to the church, and especially for those who are journeying through the Rite of Chrisitian Initiation. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
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 | The Church (Contours of Christian Theology)
Publication Date: October 24, 1995| Series: Contours of Christian Theology At a time in which the very word church sounds a tone of dull irrelevance, the doctrine of the church has suffered the studied neglect of many Christian leaders. The persistent demands to market, manage and grow the church and to meet the felt needs of churched and unchurched all threaten to quench theological reflection on the abiding nature and mission of the church. But few activities bear greater promise as a starting point for renewing and reshaping the Christian church than the work of theology.In this book Edmu...
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 | Morning and Evening Prayer (Prayer Book Common Worship)
Publication Date: November 9, 2000| Series: Prayer Book Common Worship Taken from the Church of England's Common Worship liturgy, this booklet contains the text of the Morning and Evening Prayer services in traditional language that are taken from the Book of Common Prayer. It also includes the Litany from the BCP, a selection of prayers from the BCP and Canticles from the BCP. ...
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| Friendly Advice on Quaker Ways
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