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Family, romance and gangsters support and thwart Golda, Ben, and Morty from achieving their dreams: Golda gives up independence to marry her widowed brother-in-law, Ben, and care for baby Morty; later, Bens business mistakes cause financial disaster, forcing Morty to bargain with gangsters and sacrifice his love and careerand perhaps the ability to ever go home againto save his father.

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When a no-nonsense business executive suffers a trifecta of losses in quick succession, she unwittingly undergoes a profound spiritual transformationand ultimately discovers that the true source of her power comes from leading with an open heart.

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The author, a stand-up comedian whose comedy is funny, revealing, unapologetic, and always a window to her experience as a person who stutters, tells the story of how she became America's first female stuttering stand-up comedian.

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When Joanne Intrator accepts her fathers deathbed challenge to seek restitution for property stolen from her German Jewish family by the Nazis, she has no idea that the quest will last decadesor how much she will learn about her family, and herself, along the way.

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Growing up working-class Catholic in 1970s Brooklyn, Claire Joyce--the youngest sibling of three street-smart older brothers, an overwhelmed, taxi-driving father, and an alcoholic mother--relies on the stability of basketball to usher her toward maturity and success, only to find her future jeopardized by the prejudices of her time.

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A collection of practical, accessible, and concise essays offering a comprehensive approach to effective supervision.

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Raised by parents unable to recover from the traumas, pain, and losses of WWII, Ruth Klein had a tumultuous and unusual childhood in a dysfunctional family. Living among other Holocaust survivors in a new country was profoundly difficult for Ruth, and coming through it all showed her the ways in which she was a survivor too.

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Janice Morgan faces her worst nightmare when her son is arrested for drug charges and wanton endangerment with a handgun. When she learns that he can have his sentence diverted if he completes the drug court program, she reflects on what it will take to avoid falling back into codependent patternsand truly help her son.

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When Lia Cole travels from New York to Oxford University to study abroad in the 1920s, she quickly falls for another female student, aspiring actress Scarlett Daniels. But the two have very different ideas about how out their relationship should be, prompting a break-up that neither one of them ever fully reconciles. An an lesbian love story that spans decades and continents.

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Interweaving a tumultuous family tale of eccentric parents and five kids left to fend for themselves with an eye-opening view of the often-hidden dark side of competitive swimming, this compelling memoir provides a glimpse into the isolation as well as the backbreaking and sometimes soul-crushing work necessary to achieve elite status in the competitive swimming world.

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Interweaving a tumultuous family tale of eccentric parents and five kids left to fend for themselves with an eye-opening view of the often-hidden dark side of competitive swimming, this compelling memoir provides a glimpse into the isolation as well as the backbreaking and sometimes soul-crushing work necessary to achieve elite status in the competitive swimming world.

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1919 London: When artist Lily Briscoe meets her old tutor, Louis Grier, by chance at an exhibition, he tells her of their mutual friend Mrs. Ramsay's mysterious death-an encounter that spurs Lily to investigate the death of this woman whom she loved and admired, and realize that she still loves Louis.

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Caught in the gathering storm of World War II, aspiring Jewish violinist Tasa Rosinski finds herself swept away from her peaceful, rural village in eastern Poland. As her secure world unravels, she relies upon her music and memories to keep her spirit alive.

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"Tasting Home combines recipes with personal vignettes, in the classic form of food memoirs by writers such as M.F.K. Fisher and Ruth Reichl, to take us on a remarkable journey through the cuisines, cultural spirit, and politics of the 1940s through the 2000s"--Provided by publisher.

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Many people today continue to believe that the marking of the skin reflects negatively on an individual and may hurt their chances of obtaining a job but the stories of these twenty-seven women illuminate how the experience of being marked with ink can be one of triumph and healing.

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Fifty percent of teachers today say they want to leave the profession; for a good while, Jennifer Nelson was one of them. But as a single mother who needed a steady job, she had to make teaching workand gradually, she learned what it took to make the classroom a place where both she and her students could thrive.

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Overcome anxiety, depression, compulsions, addiction, fear, grief, obsessions, confusion, and self-doubt. Guided through sessions by therapist author Tuya Pearllistening to others stories and telling their ownreaders of Tell Me Your Story will gain the tools and clarity they need to overcome personal challenges, discover greater freedom and serenity, and enjoy an authentic life.

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When her daughter is sentenced to life in prison, Bonnie Hirst questions everything, including her faith. This is the story of her familys painful journey through the legal system, and of her individual journey of learning to ask for and accept helpand of realizing that blessings sometimes come in unexpected forms.

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Written for loving but frazzled moms burdened by worry and confusion and in need of encouragement and direction, The ABCs of Being Mom gives new mothers a birds-eye view of the maze of parentingproviding the reassurance, practical advice, and guidance they need during their early years of motherhood.

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During the Obon holiday, when the living celebrate their dead, Kenzaburo Tsurudaan atheist Japanese scientist who has just woken up in an afterlife he never believed inmust reckon with his lifes decisions in order to save his familys ancestors from spending an eternity exiled as tortured, hungry ghosts.

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In this timely and provocative drama, an interracial couples new and evolving relationship transcends culture clashes, police encounters, and resistance from select family and friends, only to have a violent arrest leave them questioning everythingincluding each other.

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Married at sixteen and the mother of two by nineteen, Dolores's quest to find the aloha spirit within herself-and to escape the abuse of her alcoholic husband-leads her to flee Hawaii after the bombing of Pearl Harbor for California, where she seeks to make a new life for herself. But her past isn't so easily left behind.

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When her husband dies of cancer and her brother dies of AIDS in the same year Rosemary is catapulted into a hurricane of grief. Left to raise her two young daughters on her own, she seeks refuge in drugs and alcohol.

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Lifelong non-artist Joan Stanford shares the creative process that led her to insight and healing, and shares ways for others to do the same.