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The exciting adventure of three small kittens as they take on a shipload of pirates. Following the capture of Midge, Woody and Tom think of a plan to rescue him. Sadly, they too are, caught, but with the help of the resident rats and mice, they form an alliance to overcome the pirates to obtain freedom and return home.
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In April 1914, Burnley Football Club won the FA Cup, beating Liverpool in the Final at the Crystal Palace in front of His Majesty, King George V. It was the first time that the reigning monarch had attended a Cup Final and presented the trophy to the winners. The Road To Glory travels back in time to see how Burnley progressed in the FA Cup from 1885, through 30 years of failure, ending in victory in 1914. Mike Smith's book draws on match reports...
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One of the most gifted centre-halves of his day, Burnley captain Tommy Boyle won all of English footballs major honours; the FA Cup, League Championship and he represented England at international level. But once his playing days were over and after run-ins with the police and local authorities, the former international footballer was sent to Whittingham Mental Hospital, a former lunatic asylum.Broken Hero traces Boyle's career from his early days...
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Nowadays, we fast-forward through commercials and we only pick up magazines at the doctor's office (and even then only if our phone's battery power is low!). But the one place of advertising we cannot avoid for longer than a few minutes is online--the vast and shifting Internet universe filled with pop-ups and our own personalized cookies. In fact, an advertising avenue that barely existed 20 years ago is now the second-largest advertising channel...
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Conflict is serious and needs the church's serious attention. Every eight hours a pastor is terminated. Every year over a thousand churches disband, often because of conflict. Supported by over thirty years of academic research and based on real-life experiences in ministry, Conflict: Causes and Cures presents practical perspectives, solutions, and resources for dealing with conflicted churches. Dr. Smith shares the top ten causes of conflict in a...
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Jake McAlister uproots the world's foremost problem. Who is he? What is his motive? And what is the motive of his friend Chad Bingham, handicapped and hardened young veteran of the Iran War? And of Bingham's only love, Greta Ondráková, beautiful and damaged movie star? Why must they confront a world gone mad-where Great Apes are considered equal to humans-and one mysterious group named "The Nameless" is bent on killing humanity? You will find the...
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A true story of three young men who came from a small town are given the opportunity to open a store in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. A Head Shop. They've never owned or managed a store before. Two of them work full time in a tool and die shop and the third one is a senior in high school. See how they started in 1969 working together building a thriving business that surprised even their closest friends. It was a different time many things in the world...
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In the Western World the average life span is approximately 80 years old. However, when people get to that age they are usually hit with a multitude of health problems and encounter frailties both physically and mentally. They experience this state of "old age" unfortunately in most cases mainly because of the nutritional and lifestyle habits they have practice throughout their lives. They've succumbed to the propaganda of having a Western diet, Western...
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An industry insider reveals the next generation of marketing-and provides the insight you need to use it to beat the competition
One of the hottest forms of advertising, native advertising is an extremely effective way to reach customers. Produced by marketers and featured alongside the main content, native advertising breaks down the traditional barrier between advertising and editorial. Industry insider and Hearst ad executive Mike Smith believes...
14) You Win in the Locker Room First: The 7 C's to Build a Winning Team in Business, Sports, and Life
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NFL head coach Mike Smith lead one of the most remarkable turnarounds in NFL history. In the season prior to his arrival in 2008, the Atlanta Falcons had a 4-12 record and the franchise had never before achieved back-to-back winning seasons. Under Smith's leadership, the Falcons earned an 11-5 record in his first season and would go on to become perennial playoff and Super Bowl contenders earning Smith AP Coach of year in 2008 and voted Coach of Year...
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Set in the turbulent sixties of Vietnam, the Summer of Love, Watts riot, and the Beatles, Dancing with Baptists is the story of Greg Henderson, Jr., a young Air Force surgical tech. When Greg makes a promise to Chap, his dying Black chaplain friend, to get Chap's book, an unflattering history of Southern Baptists and African Americans, published, all hell breaks loose. Greg returns to Houston, his Baptist roots, and Melinda, his very Baptist high...
16) Amelia Earhart
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See how Amelia Earhart went from a little Kansas tomboy to a high-flying feminist icon
Before Amelia Earhart (1897–1939) became a world-famous pilot, she was a little tomboy from Kansas with a taste for adventure. When she visited an airfield and took a short plane ride, she knew she had to be a pilot. She signed up for flying lessons and cropped her hair short so that the other pilots would take her seriously. She became the first woman to make...
17) Malala Yousafzai
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Meet the young activist who stood up for her rights-and changed millions of lives.
Before Malala Yousafzai (b. 1997) became the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, she was a girl fighting for her education in Pakistan. Growing up, Malala's father encouraged her to be politically active and speak out about her educational rights. When she did, she was shot by a member of the Taliban and the story received worldwide media coverage. Protests and petitions...
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Have you ever felt uncomfortable with your own gender? Have you ever thought that you are trapped in the wrong body? Have you contemplated about having sexual reassignment? Gender dysphoria might be a technical term but this would aptly capture your dissatisfaction. You may think that you are the only one suffering from this mismatch with your body and your preferred gender. But there are actually a lot of people who are afflicted with this. There...
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Brokenwood Mysteries volume 3
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On the morning of Brokenwood's annual classic-car show, the chairman of the Classic Car Restoration Society is found dead with a lungful of gasoline next to his beloved El Dorado. Shepherd and Sims try to determine if it was a petrol-siphoning accident or something more deliberate.