Raphael
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The Life of Mary as Seen by the Mystics provides a detailed look at the life of the Virgin Mother from the Immaculate Conception until her Assumption. Compiled by reference librarian and Franciscan, Raphael Brown, in 1951, this work brings together the visions and revelations of four devout women separated by centuries but united in their Catholic faith and piety.
Not much is said in the Biblical gospels of Mathew, Mark, Luke and John regarding the...
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"A call to action to protect the human rights of women and girls, this expose reveals how interest groups deny the seriousness of rape to further their political agendas. Through firsthand interviews with victims; medical and judicial records; social media; and statistics from police, the FBI, and government agencies, this analysis explains the tactics used by these groups. The personal stories of young rape victims demonstrate how assaults on their...
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If you're ready to ditch your boring desk job and experience the freedom that working online can offer, then this is the book for you.
Have you always wanted a passive income stream but never knew how to start one?
Does the intriguing world of online jobs call to you, but you're afraid to take the leap?
Are you ready to take control of your life and become the successful entrepreneur you've always dreamed of being?
Passive income is the ticket to...
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Penguin Publishing Group
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2016
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English
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A twisted young medical student kidnaps the girl of his dreams and embarks on a dark and delirious road trip across Brazil in the English-language debut of Brazil's most celebrated young crime writer.
Teo Avelar is a loner. He lives with his paraplegic mother and her dog in Rio de Janeiro, he doesn't have many friends, and the only time he feels honest human emotion is in the presence of his medical school cadaver—that...
Teo Avelar is a loner. He lives with his paraplegic mother and her dog in Rio de Janeiro, he doesn't have many friends, and the only time he feels honest human emotion is in the presence of his medical school cadaver—that...
46) Limelight
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Limelight is a unique collection of slam poetry paired with inspirational writing techniques. With over 30 original poems in different forms, Raphael's work tackles current social concerns for his generation, such as sustainability and social equality, all while amplifying his uplifting message of hope. Solli's book also contains 5 chapters on how to write and read poetry, how to manage stage fright and writer's block, and encouraging tips on how...
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In the beginning, the Goddess danced the world into existence. Peace reigned for generations through matriarchal rule within the Minca, Dute, and Carroo tribes. But then one man's lust for power destroyed this balance: Vestor assassinated his sister, Mother of the Minca tribe. His army ravaged the Dute and Carroo tribes. A once-idyllic world was thrust into war, famine, and despair.
Yet today, there is hope. Vestor's niece, Cora, has a vision: if...
48) Simply Chomsky
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Avram Noam Chomsky was born in Philadelphia in 1928 to Jewish immigrant parents who were both educators. His parents were mainstream liberals, but through relatives, Chomsky was exposed at an early age to socialism and other progressive ideas that shaped his politics. After earning his Ph.D. in theoretical linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1955 and a fellowship at Harvard University, Chomsky became a professor at the Massachusetts Institute...
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Français
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Comme l'auteur, acceptez d'entendre l'aspiration à l'indépendance de nombreux Catalans et parcourez l'histoire de ce territoire.
Il faut entendre l'aspiration de nombreux Catalans à l'indépendance. Mais entendre ne veut pas dire comprendre, encore moins accepter. Entendre, c'est regarder en face les méandres du passé d'une Espagne bien moins monolithique que l'affirme son élite madrilène. La Catalogne n'est pas un rêve dénué de sens et...
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Libyan Twilight is a short memoir that discusses the forgotten Jewish community of Libya. As a child growing up in Benghazi, Raphael Luzon experienced the pogrom that followed the 1967 Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The Libyan Jews were forced to abandon their homeland and seek refuge overseas as a result.
The narrative jumps between the present and past, starting in 2012 where Raphael finds himself in a jail cell in post-revolution...
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Social Sustainability HANDBOOK for Community-Builders clearly describes the two sub-divisions of sustainability. Material sustainability is quantity-object based. Social Sustainability.is quality-value based. Material sustainability is, improved by increasing the quantity available while decreasing usage, reusing, recycling and re-purposing material resources. Social sustainability is, improved by improving the individual's ability to participate...
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Numerous beautiful, true stories about canonized Saints who saw and spoke with the Blessed Mother, e.g., St. Gertrude the Great, St. Francis, St. Bridget, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, etc.--17 in all. Imparts a profound realization about the loving role of Mary in the lives of the faithful. One of the most enlightening, enjoyable and inspiring books a person will ever encounter! Impr. 155 pgs,
53) Training your Own Service Dog: Complete Guide on How to Train a Reliable and Trustworthy Service Dog
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A properly trained service dog is a wonderful asset to a person living with disability, service dog usually accompany their owners everywhere including public places that are off limit to dogs, such as libraries, shops, museums, theaters, hospitals and cinemas
But sometimes because these dogs are very important and helpful, there will be a lot of people that wants such dogs
If you want a service dog and cannot wait to get one, you may consider training...
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On the brink of adulthood, Meena dreams of living life to the fullest. But she is a princess and the sole heir to her father's kingdom.
Holasiyan, Meena's oldest friend, has grown up with her in the Saffron Palace, India; only now, their friendship is blossoming into something far deeper. But Holasiyan, already an exceptional warrior, is destined to take his place amongst the King's fighting elite as generations of his family have done before him....
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What Was God Thinking?! Part I provides easy-to-read explanations of what motivated God to create the universe, and particularly short-lived humans. From this vantage point before creation, using a question-and-answer format, the reader gains new interpretations about God and Creation, Religion and Churches, God and Jesus, and God's relationship to his mortal children. Part II applies "A Pre-Creation Theology" of Part I to provide new interpretations...
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Español
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El acaudalado maestro constructor Ariel Horus —demiurgo y alma de un rascacielos inacabado— lleva treinta años mirando la ciudad sentado en el hombro de su gigante. Despreciando a la humanidad con la voluntad de un dios aburrido, seguido por el cordial contador Diógenes Mayorga, presa de los caprichos del pintor Sebastián Henríquez Escudo o sitiado por la sensualidad de Fabiana Serra, el maestro constructor recorre los interminables pisos...
58) A Hidden World
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A Hidden World, first published in 1963, recounts the nine years spent by Hungarian Raphael Rupert in the prison camps of Soviet Russia-the Gulag. At the time of his arrest in 1947, Rupert was working from the British Embassy in Budapest. His trial, based on a presumed confession of acting as a spy, ended in his sentence to Camp 10 for 25 years of 'forced labor.' A Hidden World describes the daily life and endless brutalities endured in the camps...the...
59) IVF Success: An Evidence-Based Guide to Getting Pregnant and Clues To Why You Are Not Pregnant Now
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IVF Success is the first independent, evidence-based book with no conflicts of interest to address major issues surrounding IVF success and failure.
Successful IVF treatment can bring you immeasurable happiness, but it can also be responsible for profound disappointment when it does not go as planned.
The emotional and financial costs of undergoing IVF are considerable, especially when you have to undergo multiple cycles.
This can leave you feeling...
60) Winter Eyes
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A coming-of-age novel set in New York and Michigan during the Vietnam War era, Winter Eyes shows how the past controls and divides the immigrant Borowski family, and isolates their American-born son Stefan. But when Stefan comes to learn the terrible secrets at the heart of his family, that knowledge transforms them all and points the way to a happy new future for him, despite his doubts about his sexual identity.A haunting and remarkable novel, Winter...