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1) James Harden
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Houston Rockets guard James Harden lit up scoreboards to the tune of more than 25 points per game in 2014-2015. That made him one of the best scorers in the league. But he wasn't always such a star player. When James played for the Oklahoma City Thunder from 2009 to 2012, he started only seven games. After signing on with Houston for the 2012-2013 NBA season, James exploded as one of the top players in the NBA. Read all about James's journey from...
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Embedded in the New Testament is a five-chapter uprising known as the Epistle of James. This provocative, and often overlooked letter is the founding document of liberation theology-the theology that seeks to preserve Jesus' "preferential option for the poor." Now with a detailed study guide, this book can be used by Christians everywhere to study the radical message of James and reflect on what it means to be a true Christian.
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This is the definitive biography of this extraordinary and controversial superstar, written by Geoff Brown, a former editor of Black Music magazine. For three decades James Brown dominated the changing face of post-war popular black music. Others were as inspirational in the short term, and several of his successors have been bigger pop stars, but none matched Brown's independent authority, sustained influence or commercial longevity.
But while...
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"It was 1984. Prince ruled the airwaves. The Los Angeles Olympics had come and gone, taking with it a spotlight that had shone harshly on the city's night crawlers and left them thankful for the the shadows. AIDS was spreading its dark, black, wings over us all, and I was a happy guy. At least I thought I was, until things took a sudden turn for the deadly." – Marshall James It's been over a year since Marshall James first became intimately familiar...
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They were coming, he knew it, and there was nothing he could do to stop them. But once they came, 16 year old Daniel James found himself thrown into a world very few people even know exists. As he struggles to fit into a society he did not grow up in, Daniel must learn how to control the growing power inside him in order to save the girl he's fallen for and to stop the man responsible for the evil that forever changed his life.
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After twenty-five years of marriage, Emma's husband dumps her, for a woman twenty years younger.So Margaret, Emma's best woman friend and confidante, matches Emma up with nice young transgender Bobbie, saying, "Your husband got himself a dolly now you can have one too."Bobbie, just adores Emma.But, can Emma, angry with her husband, and taking it out on Bobbie, and uneasy about having a young lover, find happiness with Bobbie?A Romantic Comedy,Based...
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Now available together for the first time, the complete GROW YOUR OWN DRUGS package! Combining James Wong's bestselling titles:• GROW YOUR OWN DRUGS: Easy recipes for natural remedies and beauty fixes• GROW YOUR OWN DRUGS: A Year With James Wong If you or your family are struggling with insomnia, eczema, acne, anxiety, cold sores or just feeling under the weather, this package offers a comprehensive resource on how to treat common health problems...
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The rakes of St. James volume 1
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Could finding love be his greatest scandal of all?
The Duke of Griffin has never lived down his reputation as one of the Rakes of St. James. Now rumors are swirling around London that his twin sisters may bear the brunt of his past follies. Hiring a competent chaperone is the only thing Griffin has on his mind--until he meets the lovely and intriguing Miss Esmeralda Swift. In ways he could never have expected, she arouses more than just his curiosity....
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An essential collection of James Tate's extraordinary poems that will captivate today's readers, with an introduction by Terrance Hayes.
Celebrating James Tate's work as it transcends convention, time, and everything that tells us, "No, you can't do that," Hell, I Love Everybody gives us the poet at his best, his most intimate, hopeful, inventive, and brilliant. John Ashbery called Tate the "poet of possibilities," and this collection records forays...
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Three Libretti-Ranging In Setting From Ancient Jerusalem To Pre-Apocalyptic London-From An Acclaimed Poet
This volume of libretti marks new work-and new terrain-for James Fenton. Commissioned by companies in New York and England, these musical pieces make the most of the poet's poignant, witty, and characteristically lyrical verse. Whether evoking modern-day London on the edge of apocalypse in The Love Bomb, a timeless land beyond the moon in this...
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"It comes as a great shock to discover that the country which is your birthplace and to which you owe your life and your identity, has not, in its whole system of reality, evolved any place for you".
James Baldwin was one of America's most powerful analysts of the psychology of white supremacy. In this speech, delivered in 1965 at the Cambridge Union Society, he offers a devastating, but also strikingly empathetic, account of the role played by racism...
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Construida sobre los testimonios ficticios de quienes participaron en aquellos acontecimientos (sicarios, mafiosos, políticos o espías; víctimas y verdugos; simples espectadores e, incluso, algún fantasma), "Breve historia de siete asesinatos" nos lleva al corazón de las tinieblas jamaicanas recorriendo tres décadas turbulentas e infinidad de episodios estremecedores (no exentos, pese a todo, de un elemento cómico). Manejada con increíble...
16) Toby Tyler
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In Toby Tyler, James Otis masterfully transports readers to the enchanting yet challenging world of a 19th-century circus. This timeless tale, set against the backdrop of rural America, follows the adventures of Toby, a ten-year-old orphan who runs away to join the circus, seeking freedom and excitement.
Otis delves into themes of independence, the longing for family, and the harsh realities of life under the big top. As Toby navigates his new...
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In this workbook, world-renowned cardiologist Dr. James Rippe reveals-for the first time to the general public-his distinctive 10 step mind-body-spirit program used by top executives and star athletes to supercharge their health and turn it into the ultimate performance tool. This 5-week study will guide you through Dr. Rippe's 10 Steps to Achieving High Performance Health:
1. Discover Your Life Purpose and Direction-Then Track It
2. Connect with...
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The great siege of Gibraltar was the longest recorded in the annals of the British army. Between 1779 and 1783, a small British force defended the Rock against the Spanish and the French who were determined take this strategically vital point guarding the entrance to the Mediterranean. The tenacity and endurance shown by the attackers and defenders alike, and the sheer ingenuity of the siege operations mounted by both sides, make the episode an epic...
19) Jesus' Twin
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In Jesus' Twin, a scholar shares his personal reflections into the Gospel of Thomas offering a learned, accessible introduction as well as inspiring insights into these ancient texts that have long stirred curiosity and inquiry. James Heisig, who has read and studied the texts throughout his distinguished career as a scholar and teacher of religions, shows that the reasons for excluding the Gospel of Thomas from the Christian tradition are largely...
20) Dizzy Hill
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About the Book
You should read this book if...
You have an interest in Learning Disabilities. You have flunked out of school.
You have been fired from your job.
You have an interest in starting a family business.
You want to sell your company.
You want to know how an entrepreneur thinks.
Dizzy Hill is the story of the co-founder of BRAHMIN and his struggles to overcome severe dyslexia, school failure, and being fired from his job to creating a major...
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