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The story of the 442nd, a segregated unit of Japanese American citizens, commanded by white officers, that finally rescued the "lost battalion." Their unmatched courage and sacrifice under fire became legend - all the more remarkable because many of the soldiers had volunteered from prison-like "interment" camps where sentries watched their mothers and fathers from the barbed-wire perimeter. In seven campaigns, these young Japanese American men earned...
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Trust and loyalty are two key factors that Boss, the king of the mean Detroit streets, live by. When the only woman to ever steal his heart goes against him, leaving him to become a single father, Boss puts all his emotions, time, and focus on his daughter and his empire. That was until he just so happens to run across the young, sexy, and ambitious Choyce.
Sharing a similar story, Choyce was also forced to become a single mother at a young age...
23) Honor: A History
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The importance of honor is present in the earliest records of civilization. Today, while it may still be an essential concept in Islamic cultures, in the West, honor has been disparaged and dismissed as obsolete. In this lively and authoritative book, James Bowman traces the curious and fascinating history of this ideal, from the Middle Ages through the Enlightenment and to the killing fields of World War I and the despair of Vietnam. Bowman reminds...
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After being left with the decision of whose life he was going to save, Boss finds himself suddenly stuck between his past and his future. Making the wrong choice could leave his life in shambles and in a complete whirlwind. Not resting until his brother Hendrix is six feet under for all the turmoil he's caused, Boss turns into the very person he vowed not to be ever again.
While trying to keep his right-hand man on track, Han is faced with his own...
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Sinead Christie was dedicated to the foster kids in her care. Was she surprised to be groped at a charity event trying to gain donations for her kids? Nope, because rich people felt that for their money, they could do whatever they wanted. But that was when she met the mysterious billionaire, Remington Durant, for the second time. With one act of kindness, Remy changed Sinead's life forever. He slipped a check with more zeros than she'd ever seen...
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Keys of promise volume 2
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Two men vie for her affection--survival will depend on choosing the right one. Two years ago, Prosperity Jones waved farewell to her beloved David as the army sent him to faraway Key West. Now with her parents gone, she has but one prospect for the future: make the dangerous journey from Nantucket to Key West to reunite with David and secure a happier life. Arriving penniless in the South, Prosperity is dismayed to find David married to someone else....
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Loyalty is high on Liam Cullen's agenda, but lately he's been feeling restless. He wants to run away from the endless routines of life on the family farm. He contemplates busting free of the sometimes suffocating confines of the close-knit family. He'd like to see the world. Maybe meet a few girls. Riddled with guilt that he could even consider such a thing, the final blow comes when Liam's abilities as a first rate farmer are questioned. He sees...
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Doctor Rowena Halley signed up to be a professor, not a cop. Now she may have to be judge, jury, and executioner as well. When a student with a hijab and a strong Chechen accent confides in Rowena about a tricky sexual assault case and asks for her help, Rowena can't say no-again. Being the only Russian professor on campus, as well as the faculty member students go to for help, has its advantages. But the disadvantages can be deadly. After a tragic...
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Following the disastrous defeat of the clans at Culloden, Scottish Chief's son Diarmad Ramsay makes his dying father a promise. Diarmad will play the part of Bonny Prince Charlie in an effort to help the true Prince escape the Highlands. With only the fiery Mara MacIvor for guide and with danger on his heels, he must risk all for a Cause in which he no longer believes. Mara MacIvor considers Ramsay a poor substitute for her beloved Prince. Ramsay...
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Excerpt: -It seems to me," said a philosopher once, "that there are no entirely good men in the world, and none completely bad. Single out your best man, and you will find that he lacks perfection in some part of him, and examine your worst, and you will see that he has at least one redeeming quality." In this book the men mostly verge towards bad: but some are better than others. Because they are merely human, they act according to their lights....
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9:10 am, Fort Mills, Corregidor Island, the guardian of Manila Harbor, 'The Rock': We are pulling into the North Dock. To our left is the famous Malinta Hill and the 'tail.' To our right is the 'head' with most of the batteries, including Battery Way. Right now, they are playing 'The Stars and Stripes Forever.' I am weeping. I can't help it. I can barely write this. This is the story of a son tracing his father's footsteps and discovering a true and...
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With impassioned feeling and succinct insight, Zdravko Stefanovic guides his reader's hearts to a deeper and truer place, while simultaneously lifting their minds to experience a higher plane of consciousness. He writes with such wisdom and grace, gently contemplating the mysteries of life, then tenderly soothing the brokenness of loneliness and heartbreak. Everything that Stefanovic writes are messages we have searched for, messages we have longed...
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Toutes les œuvres d'Honoré de Balzac réunies en un seul ebook
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Alone, the beautiful young Anna immigrated to America from an Island in the North Sea at 16, running from cruelty. Honor forced her to leave her first love, whom she met on her way to America. Alone again and stranded in New York, she found herself running away for a second time in her young life, this time from love. Anna worked her way across America, bringing her work ethic, honor, and love with her. On a Dakota homestead, Anna finally found lasting...
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In Honor Betrayed, Dr. Mic Hunter probes beyond the headlines to reveal the reality of sexual abuse in the military. The culture of the military's training is to turn recruits into those who follow orders without question. Honor Betrayed describes in detail the gross realities of the hostile, uber-masculine, dehumanizing environment our young men and women confront. Most vulnerable to sexual abuse are minorities-particularly women and homosexuals....
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An unknown jungle on a foreign planet can be a dangerous place with menacing creatures all around; creatures that could spell doom for an unsuspecting solider. It can be even more treacherous without weapons. Add total nakedness and the possibility of survival almost vanishes. Yet if Delwyn Marsch is forced to go through the Adulthood Ceremony of his newly adopted world, this is what he faces.
Surely Kidahin's clan will accept Delwyn's adulthood status...
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In “Honor in Concord”, Cathryn McIntyre tells the story of the first year she lived in the historic town of Concord, Massachusetts in an antique home she calls "Quiet House" on a street named for Henry David Thoreau. One day she sets out to record the images of Concord's past that are always on her mind and what results is a fictional story told within the pages of memoir in which the writers of mid-19th century Concord (i.e., Hawthorne, Emerson,...
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Gloria Morris is a legendary smart, relentless and sometimes deadly private detective who kicks a lot of butt. She's also a B-girl who has fallen in love. Though romance is in the air in San Francisco, so is debauchery. While investigating the theft of some opulent jewelry, Gloria hears rumors about human trafficking in the area. Maneuvering through the streets of The City in her quest for the truth, she hunts amidst myriad thieves, murderers, musicians,...
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Learn to celebrate your body by attending to daily spiritual practices
In Honoring the Body, Stephanie Paulsell speaks to those, who have ever, wondered how to celebrate the body's pleasures and protect the body's vulnerabilities in a world, that seems confused about both. What we need, she shows, are practices that honor the body.
Paulsell invites readers to explore how we might honor the body in daily activities, bathing, clothing, eating, working,...
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