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For fans of Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee, Gary D. Schmidt's The Wednesday Wars, and Jack Gantos's Joey Pigza Books comes a hilarious and poignant slice-of-life novel from critically acclaimed author and poet Peter Johnson. When an author comes to speak to his class in a rundown area of Providence, Houdini decides to make money by writing his own novel. Houdini chronicles his life as he and his friends start a leaf-raking business, befriend Old Man...
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The author leverages his experiences and observations in this light-hearted and compelling dialogue with the reader. Whether you are a teenager contemplating college or a mid-career professional, there are good notes, observations, and humor in this no-filler-added handbook. Divided into three easily digestible sections, learn about all the things the author wishes they knew: How to be a professional featuring: The importance of summer jobs. How to...
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A shipping container home is a more, affordable option for home ownership, as you can build a new construction for far less than it costs to build a conventional home. They require fewer materials to build, and the materials are often much cheaper to begin with than those used in a traditional home.
A shipping container home can also be, built much faster than regular home construction, letting you see your vision through in as little as a couple...
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This heartfelt story about school, friendship, and family is perfect for readers who can't get enough of such middle grade favorites as Jerry Spinelli and Gary D. Schmidt. From acclaimed author Peter Johnson, The Life and Times of Benny Alvarez is a novel that will make you laugh, cry, and appreciate your family all the more.Everyone thinks Benny Alvarez is Mr. Negativity. According to Benny, he's just realistic about seeing the "other side" of things-when...
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Festiniog Railway 1836–2014 describes the history of the worlds first steam-operated narrow gauge railway to carry passengers. It covers the history of the railway from its beginnings as a horse-worked tramroad in 1836, through its technical developments with the introduction of steam locomotives, Fairlie articulated locomotives and bogie carriages through its twentieth-century decline, to closure in 1946, and then to the preservation era and its...
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This book is volume one of a two-part series. Taken together, the two volumes of A Philosopher at War examine the political thought of the philosopher and archaeologist, R.G. Collingwood, against the background of the First and Second World Wars. Collingwood served in Admiralty Intelligence during the First World War and although he was not physically robust enough to play an active role in the Second World War, he was swift to condemn the policies...
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This book is volume one of a two-part series (volumes sold separately). Taken together, the two volumes of A Philosopher at War examine the political thought of the philosopher and archaeologist, R.G. Collingwood, against the background of the First and Second World Wars. Collingwood served in Admiralty Intelligence during the First World War and although he was not physically robust enough to play an active role in the Second World War, he was swift...
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An extensively illustrated history of this Welsh railway-and the effort to restore it.
One of Wales' oldest narrow gauge railways, the 2ft 3in gauge Corris Railway was built to carry slate from several quarries in the Dulas valley to wharves on the river Dyfi. At first forbidden to use steam locomotives or to carry passengers, it overcame these obstacles and became an essential part of the community that it served.
It was also a forerunner...
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Rugby Union Threequarter Play is a technical playing guide that examines the demands of each of the positions in the threequarters and analyses the specific positional roles and responsibilities. The book will help coaches to place the right player in the right position. It includes the following: Checklist of positional skills and attributes to show what makes a skilled player; Analysis of the position's role within the team; Development of specialist...
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Within us there is the potential to become the best version of our own unique and wonderful self. Sadly, that potential is so often wasted - is now the time to 'unleash your potential into the world' ? And if not now... when?
This is the fourth book in the Calm World series. A series of books created to provide short chapters to help inspire you to become the best version of your unique self.
Take a little time to read a page and consider the questions...
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The author suffered a major back problem where the pain was monumental and the disabling effect ridiculous: doctors said it could leave him in a wheelchair. Determined to get better, without surgery or drugs, he embarked on a journey to find out what would work to regain full mobility and live a normal life again.
This book covers that journey, sharing areas that are seldom spoken about and rarely make it into print. It has empathy with fellow...
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One of the luxuries of life is taking time to read a book and become absorbed in the plot. All too often the gap in our day for reading is brief.
This is the second book in the Calm World series. A collection of observations, created to dip into and trigger some thoughts, even when time is short.
Capture a few moments, invigorate your thinking from the pages in this book and consider…
• What is your reaction to TT motorcyclist's comment?
• What...
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There are boundless amounts of 'stuff' to fill every want that we could ever imagine; the currency that seems in short supply is the gift of time.
This book is part of the Calm World series, which is a collection of articles that create a journey of observations and thoughts to help slow things down as you consider an insight or a question.
So capture a few moments, dip into an article and let the whizzing world past by and regain focus from the blur.
Why...
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Crosier on the Frontier, which was first published in 1959, is a fascinating biography on John Martin Henni (1805-1881), the Swiss-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1843 until his death in 1881.
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The Mentor Within ~ Stop Holding On When You Should Let Go
This book comprises a series of articles, often with a picture, to raise some questions as we go about our busy lives.
All too often, as our lives become more hectic we merely speed up, turning the hamster wheel faster. The small amount of time we had to savour other things in life gets crushed out. And yet we have so much to help make our lives easier, which did not exist even a...
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Stuffed Saddlebags: The Life of Martin Kundig, Priest 1805-1879 is a biographical book written by Peter Leo Johnson. The book is a detailed account of the life of Martin Kundig, a Swiss Catholic priest who lived from 1805 to 1879. Kundig was a prominent figure in the Catholic Church and played a significant role in the religious and social history of Switzerland. The book provides a comprehensive overview of Kundig's life, from his childhood in Switzerland...
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This is the story of John Andrews, world-famous Australian architect. In the mid-1960s, when only 29, Andrews was commissioned to design Scarborough College at Toronto University. One of the world’s first ‘megastructures’, it was an important experiment in urban and educational planning. Andrews also designed the Canadian National Tower in Toronto, which was the tallest freestanding structure in the world at the time it was built. Another of...
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Charles Gwathmey has held steadfast to the spirit of modernism in his architecture from the day he successfully built his parents' home in 1967 based on the theories of Le Corbusier and American individualism. Avoiding the nostalgia of fashionable postmodernism throughout the eighties, Gwathmey partnered with Robert Siegel, and their firm continues to create innovative houses, corporate, institutional and university buildings across America. This...
20) Walking
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Walking is a lecture by Henry David Thoreau first delivered at the Concord Lyceum on April 23, 1851. It was written between 1851 and 1860, but parts were extracted from his earlier journals. Thoreau read the piece a total of ten times, more than any other of his lectures. "Walking" was first published as an essay in the Atlantic Monthly after his death in 1862. He considered it one of his seminal works, so much so, that he once wrote of the lecture,...
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