A short book on the history and philosophy of the Mormon religion, which is comprised of a revised and reconstructed version of lectures delivered by Dr. James E. Talmage at the University of...
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Author: Talmage, James E. (James Edward)Summary:
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Author: Cabot, Meg.Summary:
Princess Mia and her friends volunteer to build a house for the less fortunate during their spring break.
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Author: Walls, JeannetteSummary:
Journalist Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary and their four children lived like nomads, moving among...
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Author: Coren, StanleySummary:
Evaluates the cultural, literary, religious, and economic ways in which the human race has shaped its relationship with dogs throughout the past 15,000 years, sharing stories of how dogs have...
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Author: Gulland, SandraSummary:
An eccentric young woman's love for a wild white stallion tempts her into using an ancient magic that overshadows her subsequent life and leads to her affair with the charismatic Louis XIV....
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Author: Collins, SuzanneSummary:
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by...
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Author: Jacobson, HowardSummary:
Julian Treslove, a radio producer, and Samuel Finkler, a Jewish philosopher, have been friends since childhood and, as they enter middle age, they reminisce over their struggles with self-identity...
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Author: Ondaatje, MichaelSummary:
In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the "cat's table"--as far from the Captain's Table as can be...
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Author: Lund, Gerald N.Summary:
How can we navigate safely through our turbulent times? Personal revelation is one key! Elder Gerald N. Lund, million-selling author of The Work and the Glory, offers profound insights about how...
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Author: Isaacson, WalterSummary:
Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years -- as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues -- Walter...
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Author: Davis, KatieSummary:
Katie Davis traveled to Uganda for a short mission trip over the Christmas break of her senior year in high school. She found herself so moved by the Ugandan people and their needs that she knew...
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Author: Oppel, KennethSummary:
When his grieving father orders the destruction of the Dark Library, Victor retrieves a book in which he finds the promise of not just communicating with the dead, but entering their realm, and...
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Author: Penny, LouiseSummary:
When a peaceful monastery in Que?bec is shattered by the murder of their renowned choir director, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Sa?urete du Que?bec are challenged to...
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Author: Evanovich, JanetSummary:
After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips for her cousin Vinnie's bail bonds agency, Stephanie Plum finally lands an assignment that could put her checkbook back in the black. Geoffrey...
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Author: Johns, W. E. (William Earl)Summary:
"Biggles" (nickname for James Bigglesworth), a pilot and adventurer, is the title character and main hero of the Biggles series of youth-oriented adventure books written by W. E. Johns...