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The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
Meghan Cox Gurdon · Harper
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A Wall Street Journal writer's conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful and more closely attached, even as technology pulls in the other direction.A miraculous alchemy occurs when one person reads to another,... |
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Still in the Game: Finding the Faith to Tackle Life's Biggest Challenges
Devon Still · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Be proud of your scars. They're signs that you survived whatever tried to break you.For Devon Still, life has been a journey from one scar to the next. From one challenge to the next. His is a story of pushing through pain and overcoming obstacles of all shapes and sizes - of choosing... |
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Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem's Legendary Theater
Ted Fox · Abrams ComicArts
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Writer Ted Fox and artist James Otis Smith bring to life Harlem's legendary theater in this graphic novel adaptation of Fox's definitive, critically acclaimed history of the Apollo. Since its inception as an African-American theater in 1934, the Apollo, and the thousands of entertainers... |
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Swell: A Waterbiography The Sunday Times SPORT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017
JENNY LANDRETH · Bloomsbury Sport
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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These days, swimming may seem like the most egalitarian of pastimes, open to anyone with a swimsuit--but this wasn't always the case. In the 19th century, swimming was exclusively the domain of men, and access to pools was a luxury limited by class. Women were (barely) allowed to swim... |
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The Runner: Four Years Living and Running in the Wilderness
Markus Torgeby · Bloomsbury Sport
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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As a teenager, Markus Torgeby turned out to be a very talented long-distance runner. It didn't take long before he was discovered by an enthusiastic coach who set very high goals. However, while Markus performed brilliantly in training, during competitions he often failed inexplicably.... |
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