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Book cover for "The second mountain".
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Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
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"Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The bestselling author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world." -- From Amazon.com summary. In this book, David Brooks explores the four commitments that define a life of meaning and purpose: to a spouse and family, to a vocation, to a philosophy or faith, and to a community. Our personal fulfillment...
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Publisher:
Custom House
Pub. Date:
©2021
Language:
English
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A narrative chronicle of NASA's deep-space mission to Jupiter's ocean moon, Europa, discusses the remarkable work of scientists who overcame formidable hurdles in their effort to determine if organic life exists elsewhere in the solar system.
Book cover for "The Second Half of the Mountain".
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Publisher:
Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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What happens when you've done all you know how to do, the paved paths end, and you still feel like you're missing something? The Second Half of the Mountain offers a practical and magical approach to recognizing and working with the deeper and often-confusing inner processes that happen after awakening. In this guidebook, McCall Erickson combines bits of personal story with the timeless building blocks of alchemy to outline the journey for the awakened...
Book cover for "K2, the Savage Mountain".
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Publisher:
Globe Pequot
Pub. Date:
2008
Language:
English
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When eleven climbers died on K2 on August 1, 2008, it was a stark reminder that the world's second-highest mountain has, for more than a century, been regarded as the most difficult and dangerous of all-for every four people who reach the top, one dies in the attempt. K2, The Savage Mountain tells the dramatic story of the 1953 American expedition, led by Charles S. Houston, when a combination of terrible storms and illness stopped the team short...
Book cover for "Mountain Man's Second Chance".
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Rye Hart
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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I never expected to see Sydney again - not like this. She's bleeding and hurt, and she doesn't even remember me.And suddenly, now everyone thinks I'm her husband, and I'm responsible for her care. It won't be long until she remembers everything - including the pain I caused.I've never stopped loving her. Now she's falling for me all over again. But there is a mystery to solve - who was the bastard that hurt her?I'm not about to let her go. I'll do...
Book cover for "Mountain Man's Melody: A Curvy Girl Second Chance Romance Short Story".
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Publisher:
E.W. Jackson
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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A rising star in the world of country music, Laura, is forced to retreat to her small hometown in West Virginia to recuperate from a vocal injury. There, she reconnects with her high school sweetheart, Jacob, now a local mechanic. Will Laura find her voice again, and will their rekindled love become a melody to last a lifetime? Mountain Man's Melody is a steamy contemporary romance that explores the power of second chances and the healing magic of...
Book cover for "Second Report From Iron Mountain Usa".
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Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
Book cover for "A court of mist and fury".
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HL: High-Low 820L
Language:
English
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4.6 stars
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Though Feyre now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, but as she navigates the feared Night Court's dark web of politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms--and she might be key to stopping it.
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Lexile measure:
810L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
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The second volume in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure, The Lord of the Rings, now featuring film art on the cover. Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force....
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Lexile measure:
860L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Moons have passed since six cats set out on a journey to save their Clans. Meanwhile, back in the forest, Firestar and Leafpaw watch ThunderClan's world crumbling around them. Will the questing cats make it back in time, or will they be too late?"
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Lexile measure:
1140L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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In 1997, Charles Frazier's debut novel Cold Mountain made publishing history when it sailed to the top of The New York Times best-seller list for sixty-one weeks, won numerous literary awards, including the National Book Award, and went on to sell over three million copies. Now, the beloved American epic returns, reissued by Grove Press to coincide with the publication of Frazier's eagerly-anticipated second novel, Thirteen Moons. Sorely wounded and...
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4.3 stars
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Five separate factions vie for control of the realm of the late Lord Eddard Stark, while an ancient form of magic, an everlasting winter, and an unearthly army threaten to return.
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English
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4.3 stars
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Harlan Coben returns to Wilde, the man with a past shrouded in mystery who appeared one day in the Ramapo Mountains with no memory of how he got there or the mother and father who abandoned him. Wilde uncovers a major break in the case that may hold the key to revealing the truth of his origins. But the discovery links him with a present-day disappearance and presumed suicide that is much more than at first it appears.
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1000L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from...
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English
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3.3 stars
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"Ghost meets The Bold Type in this sparkling adult debut about a disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of her own, from nationally bestselling author Ashley Poston. Florence Day is a ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem-after a terrible break-up, she no longer believes in love. It's as good as dead. When her new editor, a too-handsome mountain of a man,...
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Series:
Wings of fire volume 7
Publisher:
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date:
2024
Lexile measure:
GN: Graphic Novel 450L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
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"Daring mission... or deadly mistake? Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family his whole life. When his sister, Icicle, runs away from Jade Mountain Academy, fleeing terrible crimes and possibly planning to commit more, Winter knows that they both need a second chance to make things right -- if only he can find her. Winter's new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, won't let him make this dangerous journey alone. They don't seem...
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Drawing from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from the worlds of theater, philosophy, history and education, one of the nation's leading writers and commentators helps us become more understanding considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen.
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Big Stone Gap volume 2
Language:
English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Ave Maria must decide between old love and new adventures in this enthralling second novel in the beloved Big Stone Gap series
 
“Heartwarming . . . Everything that really matters is here: humor, romance, wisdom, and drama.”—The Dallas Morning News
Eight years have passed since Ave Maria Mulligan married Jack Mac, moved up into the hills, and...
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3 stars
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In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee, the adult in her family for as long as she can remember, finds herself on a buckboard journey with her mother, Eliza, who hasn't spoken in more than a year. They arrive at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia, delivered to the hospital's entrance by a war veteran who...
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Don't Look Back is the second novel in Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winning author Karin Fossum's Inspector Sejer mystery series. At the foot of the imposing Kollen Mountain lies a small, idyllic village, where neighbors know neighbors and children play happily in the streets. But when the body of a teenage girl is found by the lake at the mountaintop, the town's tranquility is shattered forever. Annie was strong, intelligent, and loved by everyone....