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The true story of Fauja Singh, who broke world records to become the first one hundred-year-old to run a marathon, shares valuable lessons on the source of his grit, determination to overcome obstacles, and commitment to positive representation of the Sikh community.Every step forward is a victory.Fauja Singh was born determined. He was also born with legs that wouldn't allow him to play cricket with his friends or carry him to school miles from his...
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Grosset & Dunlap, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
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[2013]
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IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents the life and accomplishments of the First Lady of the United States, from her childhood in Chicago and her career as a lawyer to her marriage to Barack Obama and her initiatives in the White House.
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Sourcebooks
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2022.
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Inspiring stories of unstoppable girls and everything they achieved-for kids ages 8 to 12
Girls are smart, capable, and determined! All over the world, young women have made huge strides in pop culture, politics, social justice, and more. This book explores 15 of these girls and the incredible impact they made before they were even 20 years old. Discover how they powered through challenges and stood up to anyone who said they couldn't make a difference....
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"Once upon a time there lived a girl who swept floors and washed dishes, and was little more than a servant to her family. Until, one day, an invitation arrived. It was an invitation to a new country and a new beginning--a place where Caroline's dreams, her fascination with the night sky, and her extraordinary talent would open up a world of beauty and renown, and make her the belle of the scientific ball. From humble beginnings and in spite of many...
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"All die Stunden in der Halle, die Niederlagen und Siege, all die Geschichten und Gedanken - es braucht einen Autor wie Thomas Pletzinger, um die richtigen Worte für meine Welt und mein Spiel zu finden. Ich hätte mir keinen besseren wünschen können." Dirk Nowitzki
Wenn man über Dirk Nowitzki spricht, kommt man an Superlativen nicht vorbei. Er gehört zu den Legenden seiner Sportart, ist ein globaler Superstar - und als Mensch zugleich nahbar...
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Der Winter 2011 ist ungewöhnlich hart in England. Im Dezember gibt es heftige Blizzards, selbst in London liegt Schnee und es ist bitter kalt- schlechte Voraussetzungen für einen Straßenmusiker! Schon bald wird das Geld knapp. Während die Londoner hektisch und spürbar in Feierstimmung durch die vorweihnachtlich erleuchtete Innenstadt hasten, ringt James um seine Einkünfte, um wenigstens Strom und Gas zu bezahlen. Ganz zu schweigen von Weihnachten,...
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Als James Bowen den verwahrlosten Kater vor seiner Wohnungstür fand, hätte man kaum sagen können, wem von beiden es schlechter ging. James schlug sich als Straßenmusiker durch, er hatte eine harte Zeit auf der Straße hinter sich. Aber dem abgemagerten, jämmerlich maunzenden Kater konnte er einfach nicht widerstehen, er nahm ihn auf, pflegte ihn gesund und ließ ihn wieder laufen. Doch Bob war anders als andere Katzen. Er liebte seinen neuen...
8) Punching Bag
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2022
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A New York Public Library Best Book of 2021The companion to Rex Ogle’s award-winning Free Lunch is a searing account of adolescence in a household torn by domestic violence.Punching Bag is the compelling true story of a high school career defined by poverty and punctuated by outbreaks of domestic abuse. Rex Ogle, who brilliantly mapped his experience of hunger in Free Lunch, here describes his struggle to survive; reflects on his complex, often...
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Chapman and Hall
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Joseph Ernest Renan (French: [ʁənɑ̃]; 27 February 1823 – 2 October 1892)[2] was a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, expert of Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and critic. He wrote influential and pioneering historical works on the origins of early Christianity, and espoused popular political theories especially concerning nationalism and national identity. Renan is...
10) Carlyle
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2023
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This biography of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was published in the first series of English Men of Letters in 1892. The author, John Nichol (1833-94), who also wrote on Byron for the series, was an author, poet and critic who was for many years professor of English literature at the University of Glasgow, and who moved in the same intellectual circles as Carlyle, though as he states in his prefatory note, he knew him only slightly. Nichol acknowledges
...11) Memoirs
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William Heinemann
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2023
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Leland took up arms against King Louis-Philippe in the 1848 revolution in France, popularized the term "emancipation" of slaves, fought for the Union in the American Civil War, and unearthed a diverse collection of folklore, including the alleged "bible" of pagan witchcraft. A life-long truth-stretcher and story-teller, he tells his own tale in this disarming 1893 memoir.
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Chapman and Hall
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2023
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English
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Thomas Carlyle undertook this biography of his friend, the British author John Sterling (1806—1844), because he was so dissatisfied with an earlier biography of Sterling by Julius Charles Hare. Sterling was an ordained curate at Hurstmonceux, but retired and began writing. His highest literary achievements were the articles he published in Blackwood's Magazine such as, "The Onyx Ring" and "The Palace of Morgana." Carlyle's biography has since become...
13) Conundrum
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One of the first-ever books on gender transition, this poignant memoir by a trans woman is “the best first-hand account ever written by a traveler across the boundaries of sex” (Newsweek). “A profoundly poetic story.” —The New York Times“An exquisite read.” —Maria Popova, The MarginalianThe great travel writer Jan Morris was born James Morris. James Morris distinguished himself in the British military, became a successful and physically...
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Rumi gilt als der bedeutendste Lyriker Persiens. Die vorliegende Auswahl aus seiner Gedichtssammlung "Der Diwan" zeugt von Rumis poetischer Meisterschaft: Ungekünstelt, frisch und spontan spricht er von Sehnsucht, Verzweiflung und Hoffnung und fasst die höchsten Wahrheiten wie die alltäglichsten Dinge in Verse von unübertroffener Schönheit. Mit einer ausführlichen Einleitung.
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In jeder Frau steckt eine Stehaufqueen!
Jeder erlebt einmal Rückschläge, Krisen oder doofe Tage. Doch woran liegt es, dass die einen daran zerbrechen und die anderen scheinbar locker damit fertig werden? Und was ist eigentlich ein Schicksalsschlag, was eine Lappalie - und wer bestimmt das? Nicole Staudinger weiß, wovon sie spricht: Mit Anfang Dreißig erhält die Mutter zweier kleiner Kinder die niederschmetternde Diagnose Brustkrebs. Doch anstatt...
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Was macht die Ukraine aus? Erst mit der russischen Annexion der Krim entwickelte sich ein Bewusstsein für die Eigenständigkeit dieses Landes, das nach dem Willen der Aggressoren nun von der Landkarte verschwinden soll. Seit vielen Jahren ist Karl Schlögel in der Ukraine unterwegs, seine ukrainischen Lektionen von 2015 ergänzt er nun um einen großen Essay über den Krieg, der sich gegen die Idee der Freiheitlichkeit überhaupt richtet. Lemberg,...
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Harper & Brothers
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's circle included Emerson, Thoreau, Melville, Henry James, Robert Browning, Julia Ward Howe, and President Franklin Pierce. This lively son's-eye-view, published in 1884, portrays the up-and-down life, work, and travels of a literary genius and his friends and associates in a time of intellectual ferment and social upheaval.
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Hutchinson & Co.
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2023
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English
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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French clergyman and leading diplomat. He worked at the highest levels of successive French governments, often as foreign minister or in another vaunted diplomatic capacity. His career spanned the regimes of Louis XVI, the years of the French Revolution, Napoleon, Louis XVIII, and Louis-Philippe. Those Talleyrand served often distrusted...
19) Cardinal Wolsey
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Macmillan and Company
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2023
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Thomas Wolsey was an English statesman and Catholic bishop. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner. Wolsey's affairs prospered, and by 1514 he had become the controlling figure in virtually all matters of state. His appointment as a cardinal by Pope Leo X in 1515 gave him precedence over all other English clergy. The book opens with a chapter devoted to the state of Europe, 1494-1512 and ends with the fall...
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Wolfgang Niedecken ist Deutschlands erfolgreichster Mundart-Rockmusiker und Frontmann der Kölner Band BAP. Der wichtigste Einfluss auf seine Musik ist das Werk von Bob Dylan: er hat zahlreiche Cover-Versionen der Songs von Bob Dylan veröffentlicht, hat Bob Dylan mehrfach getroffen und in der höchst erfolgreichen ARTE-Produktion "Bob Dylans Amerika" als Protagonist mitgewirkt. Er ist ein profunder Kenner seines Werks.
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