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Author
Publisher
New Holland Publishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Body confidence does not come from trying to achieve the perfect body, it comes from embracing the one you've already got." This is the book for every woman who hates the way her body looks, and derides herself for not having the perfect figure. It is for those who have allowed those negative and harmful thoughts to affect their self-confidence and inform their everyday behaviour. Once a body builder with a lean, toned and taut figure, Taryn's obsession...
31242) Pomeni︠a︡ĭ vodu t︠s︡vetam
Author
Publisher
Ėksmo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Russian
Description
"Chtoby zabytʹ o strashnoĭ tragedii, Violetta Tussen pereezzhaet v drugoĭ gorod i ustraivaetsi︠a︡ na dolzhnostʹ smotritelʹnit︠s︡y kladbishcha. Ona nadeetsi︠a︡, chto blizostʹ k smerti pomozhet eĭ vernutʹ interes k zhizni. Ponemnogu Violetta znakomitsi︠a︡ s zavsegdatai︠a︡mi ėtogo mesta. Kak s zhivymi, tak i s usopshimi. Zabota o nikh otvlekaet ee ot sobstvennogo gori︠a︡. Odnikh ona poit chaem v promozglyĭ denʹ i slushaet...
31244) The abyss
Author
Series
Publisher
New Directions Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The novel tells about the demise of a crumbling house in Medellain, Colombia. Fernando, a writer, visits his brother Daraio, who is dying of AIDS. Recounting their wild philandering and trying to come to terms with his be-loved brother's inevitable death, Fernando rants against the political forces that cause so much suffering. Vallejo is the heir to Caeline, Thomas Paine, and Machado de Assis. He hurls vitriolic, savagely funny insults at his country...
31246) The devil's trail
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"He lit out of Texas with ten dollars and a swayback horse, a wanted man at age thirteen. Kid Parmlee's crime: he shot the man who shot his dog. Now, in the town of Fosterville, the Kid has found a hideaway--until his legend finds him. The West's scrawniest gunslinger has just been recruited into a bounty hunt for a gang of criminals. For the Kid, it's the beginning of an explosive adventure on both sides of the law--in the company of bank robbers,...
Author
Series
Xin li volume 059
Publisher
Jiu jing chu ban she gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
中文
31248) Sunflower
Author
Publisher
Text Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Jamila is settling into her new life in Australia, along with Mama, Baba and baby Amir. She still misses her home in Iraq, but she's happy to have her whole family safe and together again. Jamila and her new best friend, Eva, sing side by side in the choir at school, and have picnics together on the weekend. One day, Jamila gets some exciting news-her oldest friend from Iraq, Mina, has been granted a visa to come to Melbourne with...
Author
Series
Archaeology of religion volume 2
Publisher
AltaMira Press
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
Caught in a cycle of loss, Jane Austen fan Lily jumps at the opportunity to travel to England to re-enact Mansfield Park. While there Lily thinks she may finally realize her dream of living in a novel. But even in England, where she is immersed in a literary festival so rich it seems Jane Austen is present, her problems find her.
Publisher
Wellspring Media
Pub. Date
[2002], c2001
Language
English
Description
Journey into America's primitive soul in this graphic, unflinching and startlingly touching documentary about the resurgence of humanity's oldest and most intense rituals. From garden-variety tattooing, to frenzied effigy-burning festivals, to the disturbing extremes of body-piercing, this documentary explores the cultural context surrounding this underground movement.
31253) Cut me free
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A seventeen year old barely escapes her abusive parents and creates a new identity that is quickly compromised when her attempt to save a young girl attracts a deadly stalker"--
31255) Seeing and being: the plight of the participant observer in Emerson, James, Adams, and Faulkner
Author
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
Pub. Date
c1981
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Persuasion: "Anne Elliot is a young woman of perfect breeding and unwavering integrity. Austen wrote of her, 'She is almost too good for me.' Persuasion is the story of Anne and Captain Wentworth and their long awaited union. The world of country gentry in Regency England serves as a setting while portraying the many aspects of proper society - its failings and humor"--Container. Pride and prejudice: "A delightful novel about 'how girls catch husbands.'...
31257) Huan wo zhao gu ni: ru he zhen ai ba ma = Loving your parents when they can no longer love you
Author
Series
Xin li/guan huai volume 03
Publisher
Yu zhou guang quan ren guan huai
Pub. Date
2011
Language
中文
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The candid autobiography of all-star pitcher "Sudden Sam" McDowell, whose alcohol-fueled life quickly and famously spiraled out of control, and his ultimate redemption as a counselor for other athletes suffering from addiction"--
Author
Publisher
Sphere
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Charles Eugster rekindled a love of competitive rowing he'd neglected for most of his adult life at the age of 63. He took up bodybuilding at the age of 87. And at the age of 95 he started sprinting for the first time in his life, becoming World Champion at 100m and 200m outdoor. He is a multiple world record holder for his age group in a variety of sports. In this book, Charles shares his journey and his passionate belief that growing older needn't...
Author
Series
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development volume 61, no. 3
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
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