William Anderson
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From 'Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens' to 'Doe, a deer, a female deer,' many people have grown up humming the tunes or singing the lyrics to the songs from the beloved movie The Sound of Music. But what is the real story behind the brave von Trapp family? V is for von Trapp: A Musical Family Alphabet gives a behind-the-headlines look at this real-life singing family made famous in the classic movie. Starting with their idyllic early life...
4) Dear Bill
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(From the Synopsis) The letters passing back and forth between these two "Bills" trace their day-by-day wartime adventures (and occasional misadventures)
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Why settle for average when you can shoot for the moon and live your best life?
Do you want more out of life, but you're stuck in a humdrum existence that you can't escape?
You're not alone.
Most people know they could be so much more than they are and yet do the bare minimum just to get by.
Take the first step, and the rest will follow easily and naturally.
The sky's the limit to what you can do when you put these core principles of self-discipline...
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Why settle for average when you can shoot for the moon and live your best life?
In Self-Discipline and Mental Toughness (2 in 1), you will have two books that will help you discover:
How to defeat your inner monsters and do the things you thought you never would or could (but always wanted to)
The 3 essential components of mental toughness, and how you can hone them
How to stay calm even when a hurricane of tension is fast approaching
Why you should...
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Hone your mental toughness so you can stand tall in the face of life's biggest challenges. Life presents challenges for all human beings. They can arise in your career, relationships, or family life. It can sometimes feel like you are trying to fulfill too many roles, and when painful events occur, it can feel like the straw that broke the camel's back.
When high-stress situations arise (a divorce, the loss of a loved one, health problems), you can...
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Available for the first time and collected in one volume, the letters of one of America's most beloved authors, Laura Ingalls Wilder - a treasure trove that offers new and unexpected understanding of her life and work. The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a vibrant, deeply personal portrait of this revered American author, illuminating her thoughts, travels, philosophies, writing career, and dealings with family, friends, and fans as never...
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Highly accessible introductions to five periods precede brief introductions to and texts from more than fifty key thinkers. The texts highlight perennial themes and questions in Christian tradition, especially the meaning and importance of Jesus, challenges to the institutional church, tensions of faith and reason, spirituality, and the Christian quest for social justice. The new edition, half again as large as the original, adds significant work...
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The Democratic Party and the church-two institutions that rest on their spotty legacies on behalf of the disenfranchised-cannot save us. Arguing that Blacks have always been considered non-citizens in the United States, Samudzi and Anderson make the case for a new program of transformative politics for African Americans, one rooted in an anarchist framework. This is not a feel-good-and-make-peace book. With the passion of Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between...
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Robin Williams portrays English professor John Keating, who, in an age of crew cuts, sport coats and cheerless conformity, inspires his students to live life to the fullest, exclaiming "Carpe Diem, lads! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary!" The charismatic teacher's emotionally charged challenge is met by his students with irrepressible enthusiasm--changing their lives forever.