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"Yayoi, a 19-year-old woman from a seemingly loving middle-class family, has lately been haunted by the feeling that she has forgotten something important from her childhood. Her premonition grows stronger day by day and, as if led by it, she decides to move in with her mysterious aunt, Yukino. No one understands her aunt's unusual lifestyle. For as long as Yayoi can remember, Yukino has lived alone in an old gloomy single-family home, quietly, almost...
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If you are listening to this, you have just experienced every parent's worst nightmare, the loss of your beloved child. And while you are completely numb, yet feel like you're suffocating, you intrinsically know you can and will survive this insufferable loss. Despite the pain, you want to thrive again with an open heart and make a difference in your life and in the lives of those you will continue to walk by your side and look to you for strength.
This...
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Get your picky eaters demanding more broccoli!
Does your child hate eating vegetables?
Are mealtimes a constant struggle to get nutritious food into your fussy family?
Do you have to beg, bribe or bellow to get your picky eater to take even one bite of anything healthy or green?
This book is filled with the best strategies plus fun, easy and practical ways to get your fussy child, and the whole family, to eat lots more vegetables every day-and...
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Today's technology has made sinful experiences and deadly choices accessible to our teenagers and young adults with just a click. And parents are left with the disappointments, and devastating fallout, of their children's choices.
Through sharing her own story of praying three very wayward prodigals home, Laine Lawson Craft offers not only hope and insight, but also a practical, tried-and-true battle plan for parents walking this heartbreaking season...
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"Winner of the PROSE Award for Excellence in Social Sciences, Association of American Publishers" "Winner of the PROSE Award in Business, Finance, and Management, Association of American Publishers" "Winner of the Best Scholarly Book Award, Global and Transnational Section of the American Sociological Association" "Winner of the Asia/Transnational Book Award, Asia and Asian America Section of the American Sociological Association" Kimberly Kay Hoang...
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At 18 years old, Wai Jia Tam met girls who, despite horrific abuse and abandonment, lived with incredible joy and audacious hope to pursue their dreams. Inspired by their lives, she, too, dared to dream brave-and raised $100,000 to build them a home.
Now a globally recognized humanitarian, physician, and nonprofit founder, Dr. Tam addresses the self-doubt, fear, and uncertainty we all have, unlocking the hope and faith you need to trust God to fulfill...
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"First published in Japan in 2003 and never before published in the United States, Dead-End Memories collects the stories of five women who, following sudden and painful events, quietly discover their ways back to recovery. Among the women we meet in Dead-End Memories is one betrayed by her fianc©♭ who finds a perfect refuge in an apartment above her uncle's bar while seeking the real meaning of happiness. In "House of Ghosts," the daughter of...
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"This is a uniquely helpful and accessible guide to taking control of your own foot health by holistic heath innovator Yamuna Zake. We don't need doctors, orthotics or even surgery to relieve common foot problems, such as plantar fasciitis, bunions, neuromas, arthritis, hammertoes, and flat feet. By learning a correct gait that uses the entire foot to distribute weight, we can relieve and prevent common foot problems without any medical intervention."...
9) Moshi Moshi
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In Moshi Moshi, Yoshie's much-loved musician father has died in a suicide pact with an unknown woman. It is only when Yoshie and her mother move to Shimokitazawa, a traditional Tokyo neighborhood of narrow streets, quirky shops, and friendly residents that they can finally start to put their painful past behind them. However, despite their attempts to move forward, Yoshie is haunted by nightmares in which her father is looking for the phone he left...
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Since the beginning of the #MeToo movement, tens of thousands of people in South Korea have taken to the street, and many more brave individuals took a stand, to end a decades-long abortion ban and bring down powerful men accused of sexual misconduct-including a popular presidential contender.
Author Hawon Jung shows the world that these women are no delicate flowers-they are trailblazing flames. Flowers of Fire takes the listener into the trenches...
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To a lively cast of international players that shaped Manchuria during the early twentieth century, At the Frontier of God's Empire adds the remarkable story of Alfred Marie Caubriere (1876-1948). A French Catholic missionary, Caubriere arrived in Manchuria on the eve of the Boxer Uprising in 1899 and was murdered on the eve of the birth of the People's Republic of China in 1948. Living with ordinary Chinese people for half a century, Caubriere witnessed...
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Spend twenty-four hours with the ancient Chinese.
Travel back to AD 17, during the fourth year of the reign of Wang Mang of the Han dynasty, a vibrant and innovative era full of conflicts and contradictions. But as different as the Han culture might have been to other great ancient civilizations, the inhabitants of ancient China faced the same problems as people have for time immemorial: earning enough money, coping with workplace dramas, and keeping...
13) Easy Peasy Potty Training: The Busy Parents' Guide to Toilet Training with Less Stress and Less Mess
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Packed with great tips, this is the most encouraging, non-judgmental and humorous potty training book out there.
Do you want your child to be toilet trained quickly and easily but have no clue where to start and are worried that it could all go wrong?
Or have you started potty training your toddler and it's all turned to custard so you desperately need some solutions?
This book is a simple to follow, step-by-step process to toilet train your child....
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Defying the Dragon tells a remarkable story of audacity: of how the people of Hong Kong challenged the PRC's authority, just as its president reached the height of his powers. Is Xi's China as unshakeable as it seems? What are its real interests in Hong Kong? Why are Beijing's time-honored means of control no longer working there? And where does this leave Hongkongers themselves?
Stephen Vines has lived in Hong Kong for over three decades. His book...
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Wondering why the pay gap exists? (hint: You have a hand in it.)
Here's the harsh reality:
"Every bad deal you've gotten, you've agreed to." - Margaret Neale, Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Well, what should you do?
Negotiate.
The fastest way to getting paid more is also the simplest - ask for more money.
Unfortunately, as a woman, you have to ask for money in a very specific way. So as to avoid the social backlash of...
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Stuck in a rut? Living Groundhog Day?
Break free with a few simple habits
Imagine spending more time on things that matter. Your passions, hobbies, and creative deep work.
Would it surprise you to know you'd be happier and more productive?
Get the answers you need:
• Why you feel stuck
• Vanquish clutter
• Conquer digital overload
• Deal with negative people
• Features case studies from people who created space in their lives to pursue...
18) Rodeo Queen 101
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At age four, Anne T. Reason fell in love with everything about the rodeo, especially saddle bronc riding. Years later, she married a saddle bronc rider who at the age of 52 ignored his bad knees and arthritis and rode his first bull. Throughout all her years of attending and working rodeos, Reason had developed a great passion for the sport, the people, their responsibilities, and, most of all, their deep love and appreciation for their livestock.
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19) Catching Babies
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Birth, and death. Two ends of the same spectrum. And sometimes the only person standing between is a tired, overworked resident with personal problems of her own.
Welcome to the world of Catching Babies. In the halls of a busy metropolitan teaching hospital, a group of OB/GYN doctors complete their residencies and embark on ambitious careers, all while trying to hold their lives together at the seams. Jay is running from a life he's tried to leave...
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While weaving together Clare's story and Francis's story, Margaret Carney draws special attention to Clare's significant contribution to the Franciscan world in the many years following Francis's death. Far from merely reflecting Francis's light, Clare had her own charism, “a gift bestowed by the Spirit of the Lord and given to her in a fullness and forcefulness that was hers alone.”
This book will introduce St. Clare of Assisi to those who do...