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'The first great novel of the war in Afghanistan' Wall Street Journal You’ve had no sleep since the firefight last night. The morning fog beyond the walls of your base lifts to reveal a lone woman approaching the gate. She says she has come to claim the body of her brother killed in last...

He is perhaps most well-known for being exiled from the league for praying—instead of standing and saluting the flag–during the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” before games throughout the 1995-96 season. Abdul-Rauf’s protest sent shockwaves through the NBA that can still be felt today. With wit and candor, Abdul-Rauf tells the story of how he rose to the top of his game—only to have his career taken away in the blink of an eye when he stood up for his principles.

A gorgeous, heartwarming book club pick from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Life You Left Behind Marie Kondo for the soul. Anna and Will have been passing in and out of each other’s lives since they were just teenagers. Now 20 years later, Anna is married - she has a lovely house...

This book brims with effective strategies for recruiting leaders, connecting members into groups, coaching groups for success, and giving people something to say yes to, even when they have rejected church-wide campaigns previously offered by their churches. Keys to effective, ongoing groups...

In searching for certainty about choosing the right path, there is a stark truth. The truth is that choice carries burden. The burden of past and future choices. Without a crystal ball to see the future, and without the right skills, relief from the burden of choice comes down to one shocking reality. It means giving up the ability to choose. Giving up choice, or more importantly, not taking responsibility for the outcomes, frees you of the burden of choice. However, that freedom comes at a huge cost.

Aspasia and Saniye are friends from childhood. They share their secrets and joy, helping each other in times of trouble. When WWI breaks, the news travels to the village, but the locals have no idea how it will affect their lives. When the war ends, the Greeks come to the village, causing havoc, burning houses, and shooting Turks. The residents regard each other with suspicion. Their world has turned upside down, but some of the old friendships survive, despite the odds. 

Ever felt like a grump? In this delightful musical audiobook. The House That Jack Built, poor old Jack starts out grim and grumbly. But even Jack can't resist warming up with the help of his singing and dancing barnyard friends right out of your favorite nursery rhymes. A tale - or tail? - of love, life, and forgiveness promises fun-filled family entertainment with bluegrass music and memorable moments. 

 However Long the Day is the tale of two strangers — Niall Donovan, a poor immigrant from Ireland, and Frederick Philips, a rich ne'er-do-well from New York's Upper East Side — who discover they look so similar they could be twins. 

This is a true story of war, the story of one man's transformation as he retraces the mine-strewn roads of a land itself transformed by mankind's most shockingly inhuman practice. It is the firsthand account of a member of one of the United States Army's three-man Tactical Psychological Operations Teams, groups of men tasked with winning the hearts and minds of Iraq's civilian population through leaflets, loudspeakers, conversation, and bribery.

In this long awaited work one of the squad’s integral members - and probably its best soldier - reveals his own inside account of fighting as a spearhead of the Screaming Eagles in Normandy, Market Garden, and the Battle of the Bulge.

In Baku, Azerbaijan, CIA operations officer Daria Buckingham is arrested for a heinous crime. Her former boss, retired CIA station chief Mark Sava, is sure she’s innocent and tries to help her out - landing him in the middle of the new Great Game, an espionage war over oil that has China, Iran, and the United States clawing at each other’s throats. Back in Washington, DC, Colonel Henry Amato, assistant to the US national security advisor, is keeping a close watch on the situation.

At the heart of Harriet E. Wilson’s autobiographical novel is Frado, the young daughter of a mixed-race couple, who is exploited first by a middle-class New England white family and then by an opportunistic husband on the abolitionist lecture circuit. In adopting the nineteenth-century conventions of both the sentimental novel and the narratives of enslaved people, Wilson delivered a scathing and ironic indictment of the racism of the antebellum North. 

You can learn to change your dietary lifestyle step by step until you are fully on the vegan ketogenic diet, and then you will never want to go back again. You will come to enjoy this lifestyle, the energy it provides, the weight loss it promotes, and the health benefits it delivers. 

Packed with interviews from director John Carpenter, screenwriter Bill Phillips, producer Richard Kobritz, stars Keith Gordon and Alexandra Paul, plus various members of the cast and crew including co-composer Alan Howarth and SFX artist Roy Arbogast, Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of Christine is a definitive look at the 1983 cinematic adaptation of Stephen King’s terrifying novel about the eponymous demonic Plymouth Fury and the obsessive teenage boy who loves her.

A new comedy series that delivers a next generation twist on stand-up. An entertaining hour where reality meets stand-up comedy via performances and profiles of the next generation of great African American comics. We Got Next takes you into the talent scout lab of Bob Sumner (founder/producer/lead talent scout of Def Comedy Jam series with Russell Simmons on HBO) as he sets out to answer the question, “Who’s next?”

Quincy Troupe's account of his friendship with Miles Davis is a revealing portrait of a great musician and an intimate study of a unique relationship. It is also an engrossing chronicle of the author's own development, both artistically and personally. A keen and critical observer, Troupe captures and conveys the power of Miles' presence, the mesmerizing force of his personality, and the restless energy that lay at the root of his creativity.  

'The Adventure of the Copper Beeches' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock and Watson endeavour to solve one of their strangest cases yet. Violet Hunter has accepted a job as governess, with a remarkable salary, but is most concerned about the peculiar conditions to which she must agree....

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of stories by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the renowned detective. This collection includes: 'A Scandal in Bohemia', 'The Red-Headed League', 'A Case of Identity', 'The Boscombe Valley Mystery', 'The Five Orange Pips', 'The Man with the Twisted Lip', 'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle', 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band', 'The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb', 'The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor', and 'The Adventure of the Copper Beeches'.

'A Scandal in Bohemia' is the first of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. In this story, the King of Bohemia employs Holmes to recover photos of his affair with Irene Adler, a sharp-witted actress who doesn't want to give them up.

'The Man with the Twisted Lip' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Dr Watson is called upon by a friend of his wife to assist in the retrieval of her husband from an opium den. When he arrives at the den, he discovers Holmes disguised as an old man. The mystery deepens when the husband is nowhere to be found, and his coat - heavy with coins - is found in the river Thames beside the building.