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"Fasting for Ramadan is structured as a chronicle of daily meditations, during two cycles of the 30-day rite of daytime abstinence required by Ramadan for purgation and prayer. Estranged in certain ways from his family's cultural traditions when he was younger, Ali has in recent years re-embraced the Ramadan ritual, and brings to this rediscovery an extraordinary delicacy of reflection, a powerfully inquiring mind, and the linguistic precision and...
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James Herriot's Animal Stories contains ten of the Yorkshire vet's best-loved stories, celebrating dogs, cats, lambs, horses, cows, and their colorful human counterparts--all brought to life via the Herriot storytelling magic and illustrated with Lesley Holmes' radiant watercolors.
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"If you're an Indo-Muslim-British-American actor who has spent more time in bars than mosques over the past few decades, turns out it's a little tough to explain who you are or where you are from. In No Land's Man Aasif Mandvi explores this and other conundrums through stories about his family, ambition, desire, and culture that range from dealing with his brunch-obsessed father, to being a high-school-age Michael Jackson impersonator, to joining...
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In 1997, an injured loggerhead turtle is rescued by a group of fishermen, who name her Yoshi and bring her to Two Oceans Aquarium in South Africa. Yoshi quickly adapts to her new home where everyone soon falls in love with her, and she stays at Two Oceans Aquarium for twenty years until she shows signs of wanting to return to the beach where she was born and make a nest of her own. The staff worry she won't be able to survive in the wild, but they...
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A book can open an entire world of experience or provide a recipe for meatloaf. Either is wonderful to Lewis Buzbee, who has spent much of his life in bookstores as a bookseller, a sales representative, and a customer. In The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, Buzbee celebrates the unique experience of the bookstore-the smell and touch of books, getting lost in the deep canyons of shelves, and the silent community of readers. He shares his passion for books,...
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This is a wise, moving, and funny book about what people gain from situations of loss. Sharing stories of the positive outcomes of failure, divorce, and widowhood, as well as her own evolving joy as a cancer survivor, Rollins offers a unique and inspirational view of how people often find surprising light in darkness.
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"Rosenfelt's latest work of nonfiction has a slightly misleading title; although Tara, the author's first dog, takes center stage, other dogs--a handful of the hundreds the author and his wife have taken in over the years--do make some appearances. The book's theme is pretty straightforward: here are some of the things I've learned about myself through my dogs. Grieving after Tara's death, for example, allowed Rosenfelt to open up a more emotional...
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In this very special collection of favorite stories about dogs great and small, James Herriot tells us about his own dogs and all the wonderful people and animals we have come to love so much. Fifty memorable tales move us to both laughter and tears, and Herriot's personal introduction and notes make this tribute by a master storyteller to man's best friend a book to be treasured for many years to come.
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"This life is real and complicated, messy, colorful, good, exhausting, and exhilarating--often simultaneously. It's easy to feel overburdened by life's demands. Looking out into the world as well as under the roof of our home may cause us to question, "How did we get here? And how will we get through?" Jillana Goble has been there. With honesty, faith, and a dose of humor, her debut memoir, A Love-Stretched Life, chronicles what she's continually...
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"The Newbery Honor-winning author of Hatchet and Dogsong shares surprising true stories about his relationship with animals, highlighting their compassion, intellect, intuition, and sense of adventure. Gary Paulsen is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. None of this would have been possible without his truest companion: his animals. Sled dogs rescued him in Alaska, a sickened poodle...
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El incidente tuvo lugar el 25 de junio de 1986. Andrés es un camionero que tiene que repartir niacina desde Bilbao a Murcia. Suele viajar solo, pero como el curso está llegando a su fin y su hijo Juan Pedro está sacando buenas notas, su mujer Carmen y su niño de 9 años decidieron viajar con él. Andrés y Carmen murieron al chocar un camión a primera hora de la mañana a la altura de Somosierra. Cuando la Guardia Nacional llamó a la familia...
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Some of most famous TikTokers say they have learned a lot from their audience, but what do we learn from them?
To answer this question my team and I searched the deepest corners from the app.
Starting from the most famous TikTokers up to the most unknown. Between interviews, Vlogs, challenges and much more we have found more than 300 pearls of wisdom (or quotes if you prefer).
So, make yourself comfortable and enjoy this journey!
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Pregnant and dealing with a bout of morning sickness, Andrew Butters' soon-to-be mom handed the keys to her car to her husband and asked him to start it up. He cranked the engine and released the clutch, not realizing it was still in gear. The car lurched forward, striking her in the caboose and launching her into the ditch. Thus began her unborn son's adventures in misfortune.
Told in the style of a friend at the pub recounting a tall tale that begins,...