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"At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He's popular and well-adjusted, star of the school football team, while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from her job at Marianne's house, a strange and indelible connection grows between the two teenagers--one they are determined to conceal. A year later, they're both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her...
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Normal Films
Pub. Date:
[2006]
Language:
English
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17- year old Taylor Cross captures life and living with autism through interviews with over 65 subjects who have either Asperger's syndrome or autism. Originally a 10-minute short made in 2004 for a high school class, Taylor and his co-director (and mom) took his short as a starting point for this longer feature which looks at the attention the short film brought to him and autism, and enlarges on the subject of what living with autism & Asperger's...
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LePetitLitteraire.fr (new)
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
French
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Ce guide de lecture pratique propose un résumé et une analyse complets de Normal People de Sally Rooney. Il propose une exploration approfondie de l'intrigue, des personnages et des thèmes principaux du roman, notamment la classe sociale, la communication et le désir de se conformer. Le style clair et concis facilite la compréhension, offrant l'occasion parfaite d'améliorer vos connaissances littéraires en un rien de temps.
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Publisher:
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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The star of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" collects essays, poems, and other personal creations to explore such subjects as her perceptions of "normal," struggles with depression, and life-shaping female friendships.
Bloom has felt abnormal and out of place her whole life. In this collection of personal essays, poems and even amusement park maps, she explores the things she thinks make her "different." In doing so, she comes to realize that a lot of people...
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Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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From entrepreneur Andrew Yang, the founder of Venture for America, an eye-opening look at how new technologies are erasing millions of jobs before our eyes--and a rallying cry for the urgent steps America must take, including Universal Basic Income, to stabilize our economy.
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English
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A tour de force of literary craft and emotional resonance, Like Normal People charts a family constellation that revolves around an off-kilter center: Lena, who is forty-eight but mentally locked in childhood. Moving deftly between present and past, the novel follows Lena's day-long escape from her residential home with her troubled twelve-year-old niece. While this odd couple takes refuge on a honky-tonk southern California beach, Lena's widowed...
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Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Language:
English
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"Finance for Normal People teaches behavioral finance to people like you and me - normal people, neither rational nor irrational. We are consumers, savers, investors, and managers - corporate managers, money managers, financial advisers, and all other financial professionals. The book guides us to know our wants-including hope for riches, protection from poverty, caring for family, sincere social responsibility and high social status. It teaches financial...
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English
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From the sexcapades of Bill Clinton to the unbelievable story of Hugh Grant and the prostitute; from the 15-year-old who weighs only 82 pounds but believes she's obese, to the professor who screams profanities at other drivers in snarled traffic-we wonder out loud, "What are they thinking?!" What drives so many apparently normal, intelligent people to act irrationally, harming themselves and others? According to Sigmund Freud, such behavior may be...
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Publisher:
HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
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A tour de force of literary craft and emotional resonance, "Like Normal People" charts a family constellation that revolves around an off-kilter center: Lena, who is forty-eight but mentally locked in childhood. Moving deftly between present and past, the novel follows Lena's day-long escape from her residential home with her troubled twelve-year-old niece. While this odd couple takes refuge on a honky-tonk southern California beach, Lena's widowed...
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Publisher:
Zondervan
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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Nothing could possibly matter more than learning to discern the authentic voice of God, but few things in life are more susceptible to delusion, deception, and downright abuse. When life falls apart and we need God's comfort, in moments of cultural turmoil when we need his clarity, facing formidable decisions when we need his guidance, desiring a deeper faith when we need God to say something, anything, to turn the monologue we call prayer into a...
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Publisher:
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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This is a fun but respectful (and very comprehensive) guide to everything you ever wanted to know about wine from the creator and host of the popular podcast Wine for Normal People, described by Imbibe magazine as "a wine podcast for the people." More than 60,000 listeners tune in every month to learn a not-snobby wine vocabulary, how and where to buy wine, how to read a wine label, how to smell, swirl, and taste wine, and so much more! Rich with...
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The Bible for Normal People
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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In this thoughtfully researched, playful commentary, Jennifer Garcia Bashaw illuminates the theological world of the Gospel According to John and explores what we might learn about Jesus when we are attentive to the text. Re-creating key passages as theatrical scenes, Bashaw dramatically illustrates John's narrative brilliance and draws on biblical scholarship to explore the stories behind the story. Continuing The Bible for Normal People's mission...
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The Bible for Normal People
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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Paul's letter to the Roman church is one of the most widely read, rigorously discussed and minutely dissected epistles ever written. What more could there be to say? Plenty, it turns out. In this highly engaging, perceptive and accessible commentary, J. R. Daniel Kirk situates Romans firmly in its first-century context, redirecting our attention from a modern-day concern with individual salvation towards the theological questions that consumed the...
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Publisher:
Tatra Press
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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In "Golf Architecture for Normal People", golf architecture expert Geoff Shackelford elucidates the world' s most interactive art form in ways that all golfers can enjoy. For those smitten by this centuries-old sport, Shackelford takes readers on a fun walking tour through what is often considered a rarefied field and achieves the following along the way:-Helps golfers of all skill levels become keener observers while getting more joy out of playing...
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Series:
Bible for Normal People volume 2
Publisher:
Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
Behind the scenes of movies like The Ten Commandments, The Prince of Egypt, or Exodus: Gods and Kings is a complicated, and at times, messy biblical story. In this short guide to the book of Exodus, Biblical scholar Peter Enns doesn't just break down the story for the average person to understand but takes us behind the story-to the history and traditions that led us to the story as we have it today. By asking the important questions like, "What kind...
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Publisher:
Ascent Audio
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
Finance for Normal People teaches behavioral finance to people like you and me-normal people, neither rational nor irrational. We are consumers, savers, investors, and managers-corporate managers, money managers, financial advisers, and all other financial professionals. The book guides us to know our wants-including hope for riches, protection from poverty, caring for family, sincere social responsibility, and high social status. It teaches financial...
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Publisher:
Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
Jonah's encounter with a big fish is one of the most widely recognised-and misunderstood-stories in the Bible. In this highly accessible guide to the book of Jonah, Jared Byas invites modern-day readers to explore the context behind the story and consider the questions Jonah's early audience faced: questions about the relationship between justice and mercy, what it means to be a worshipper of Yahweh (and who gets to be one), and what happens when...
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Publisher:
Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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Given the fever-pitched controversies about evolution, Adam and Eve, and scientific evidence for the Flood, the average person might feel intimidated by the book of Genesis. But behind the heady debates is a terrific story-one that anyone can understand, and one that has gripped people for ages. If you are not a Bible scholar but want to be able to read Genesis and understand its big picture, this brief, witty book is the guide you've been waiting...
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Publisher:
Robyn Webb
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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What is it with Everest Base Camp?Why do so many people, every year, train for months and then trek to the base of the world's highest mountain?What is it like anyway? Is it only for mountaineers and tour groups?Everest Base Camp is just breathtaking. Both the view, the achievement and the journey there. The terrain, which I envisaged to be mostly snow, transforms with the journey. it is something I will never forget, for many reasons, and the stillness...