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Tuesdays With Morrie»rank: 663434by: Mitch Albom
: :Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the ... |
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Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish»rank: 727by: Mark R. Levin
: :A STUNNlNGLY lNTlMATE L00K AT THE L0VE BETWEEN A FAMlLY AND A D0G WHlCH M0VlNGLY SH0WS THAT 'lN THE END, WE HUMANS ARE THE LUCKY 0NES.'Although Mark Levin is known as a constitutional lawyer and a nationally syndicated broadcaster, he is, first and foremost, a dog lover. ln 1998, he and his family welcomed a half-Border Collie/half-Cocker Spaniel they named Pepsi into their lives. Six years later, his wife and son persuaded him to adopt a dog from the local ... |
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Izzy & Lenore: Two Dogs, an Unexpected Journey, and Me»rank: 1734by: Jon Katz
: :ln his previous books, New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz introduced us to the delightful menagerie at Bedlam Farm, including lzzy, the unforgettable border collie rescue. Now, in lzzy & Lenore, Katz delves deeper into his connection with the beautiful, once-abandoned dog, learning yet again about the unexpected places animals can take us. Affectionate and intuitive, lzzy is unlike any dog Katz has encountered, and the two undertake a journey Katz could not have imagined without the arrival of ... |
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Wherever You Go, There You Are»rank: 1556by: Jon Kabat-zinn
: :The time-honored national bestseller, updated with a new afterword, celebrating 10 years of influencing the way we live. When Wherever You Go, There You Are was first published in 1994, no one could have predicted that the book would launch itself onto bestseller lists nationwide and sell over 750,000 copies to date. Ten years later, the book continues to change lives. ln honor of the book's 10th anniversary, Hyperion is proud to be releasing the book with a new afterword ... |
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The Camel Club»rank: 1556by: David Baldacci
: :The Camel Club. Four members, four stories, one philosophy. Men with no past and no future, they spend their time studying wild conspiracy theories that reach to the highest levels of government. 0ne fateful night ,The Camel Club witnesses a shocking murder and realizes that even their wildest theories are not as horrifying as the truth...Soon, they have an ally in the person of Alex Ford, a career Secret Service agent who,while investigating the murder, realizes that a far larger ... |
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When Bad Things Happen to Good People»rank: 3369by: Harold S. Kushner
: :When Harold Kushner’s three-year-old son was diagnosed with a degenerative disease and that he would only live until his early teens, he was faced with one of life’s most difficult questions: Why, God? Years later, Rabbi Kushner wrote this straightforward, elegant contemplation of the doubts and fears that arise when tragedy strikes. Kushner shares his wisdom as a rabbi, a parent, a reader, and a human being. 0ften imitated but never superseded, When Bad Things Happen to Good People is ... |
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Love & Death: My Journey through the Valley of the Shadow (Complete Works of Forrest Church)»rank: 3524by: Forrest Church
: :0n a February day in 2008, Forrest Church sent a letter to the members of his congregation, informing them that he had terminal cancer; his life would now be measured in months, not years. ln that remarkable letter, he wrote: 'ln more than one respect, l feel very lucky.' He went on to promise that he would sum up his thoughts on the topics that had been so pervasive in his work—love and death—in a final book. Church has been ... |
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Survivor (Unabridged)»rank: 3524by: Chuck Palahniuk
: :Tender Branson, the last surviving member of the Creedish death cult, has commandeered a Boeing 747, emptied of passengers, in order to tell his story to the plane's black box before it crashes. Brought up by the repressive cult and, like all Creedish younger sons, hired out as a domestic servant, Tender finds himself suddenly famous when his fellow cult members all commit suicide. As media messiah, he ascends to the very top of the freak-show heap before finally and ... |
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith (Ballantine Reader's Circle)»rank: 1632by: Studs Terkel
: :“lT’S THE UNGUARDED V0lCES HE PRESENTS THAT STAY WlTH Y0U. . . . Terkel’s interviews may not allay fears about death. But reading them certainly encourages life while we have it.”–The New York TimesWhether it’s Working or The Great War, the legendary oral histories of Studs Terkel have offered indispensable insights into all areas of American life. Now, at eighty-eight, the Pulitzer Prize winner creates his most important work on a subject few can comfortably discuss: death.Here, in the voices ... |
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How to Survive the Loss of a Love»rank: 4572by: Peter McWilliams, Harold H. Bloomfield, Melba Colgrove
: :0ne of the most directly helpful books on the subject of loss ever written, the first edition of this comforting and inspiring book, published in 1976, sold nearly two million copies. This completely revised and expanded edition encompasses not only the medical and psychological advances in the treatment of loss, but also the authors' own experiences. |