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8) The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off: thoughts on life, love, and rebellion
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[2019]
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English
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"For decades ... people around the world have found guidance, humor, and unity in Gloria Steinem's gift for creating quotes that inspire action and create hope ... [She] sees quotes as 'the poetry of everyday life,' so she also has included a few favorites from friends, including bell hooks, Flo Kennedy, Michelle Obama, and more ... Covering topics from relationships ('Many are looking for the right person. Too few are looking to be the right person.')...
9) Good advice from bad people: selected wisdom from murderers, stock swindlers, and Lance Armstrong
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2014.
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The world is full of people telling you how to live your life. Sometimes the advice-givers fall ever-so-slightly short themselves. Bestselling author Zac Bissonnette has gathered more than seventy-five jaw-dropping gems, including risk-management advice from the man who triggered the world's largest hedge fund collapse and tips from gay-prostitute-patronizing pastor Ted Haggard on how to build a marriage that lasts a lifetime. The result will keep...
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[2011]
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English
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"The most entertaining way to master vocabulary for the SAT, ACT, GED, and GRE exams Do you need to brush up on your vocabulary skills for the SAT, ACT, GED, or GRE exam? Ever wish you could put your talent for quoting movies to more use than one-upping your friends? Now you can do both with Name That Movie! A Painless Vocabulary Builder: Comedy & Action Edition. Name That Movie! is the only vocabulary workbook that capitalizes on your insatiable...
12) Bible gems to remember: Devotions for kids :52 devotions with easy Bible memory in 5 words or less
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[2019]
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English
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"Bible Gems to Remember Devotions for Kids will give kids a devotion per week to read through, mediate and reflect upon, and put into practice. Each of the 52 devotions will include a Bible gem to memorize. Scripture is sparkling with "gemstones"--concise statements of 5 words or less that hold great value, meaning, and power"--
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[2011]
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English
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"The most entertaining way to master vocabulary for the SAT, ACT, GED, and GRE exams Do you need to brush up on your vocabulary skills for the SAT, ACT, GED, or GRE exam? Ever wish you could put your talent for quoting your favorite movies to more use than one-upping your friends? Now you can do both with Name That Movie! A Painless Vocabulary Builder: Romantic Comedy & Drama Edition. Name That Movie! is the only vocabulary workbook that capitalizes...
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"I have put my genius into my life," declared Oscar Wilde, adding, "I have put only my talent into my works." This gift edition of the renowned poet and playwright's aphorisms draws upon both realms. Hundreds of sparkling jests and epigrams include quips from Wilde's personal letters and conversations as well as his fiction, essays, lectures, and plays. The most comprehensive collection of Wilde's witticisms, it will delight both longtime fans and...
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Epigrams, aphorisms, and other bon mots gathered from the celebrated wit's plays, essays, and conversation offer an entertaining selection of observations both comic and profound. Organized by category, the nearly 400 quotes range in subject from human nature, morals, and society to art, politics, history, and more.
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While the interplay of light and dark is familiar in literature, Shakespeare employed the contrast in remarkable ways, to describe atmosphere, emotions, and even transcendent states. Consider this scene from Romeo and Juliet, so widely, reproduced, one could be forgiven for skimming past it. However, slowing to take in the words, who could be unmoved?
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise,...
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Volume 1 of massive work by a leading Shakespeare scholar and lexicographer, a standard in the field, provides full definitions, locations, and shades of meaning in every word in Shakespeare's plays and poems. The 2 volumes contain more than 50,000 exact quotations, each precisely located. There is no other word dictionary comparable to this work.
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"For myself I am an optimist," said legendary British politician Winston Churchill. "It does not seem to be much use being anything else."
Have you ever wanted to deliver the ultimate Churchillian wisecrack? Give sound advice to a peer on how to deal with life's problems? Or contribute to a heated discussion on international politics? The Smart Words and Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill is the perfect pocket book to carry around in your arsenal as...
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