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James Clavell

NOW A MAJOR GOLDEN GLOBE, BAFTA AND EMMY-WINNING TV SERIES'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily' Daily MirrorThis is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, and his integration into the struggles and strife of feudal Japan. Both entertaining and incisive, SHOGUN is a stunningly dramatic re-creation of a very different world.Starting with his...

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James Clear

***ALSO AVAILABLE - THE ATOMIC HABITS WORKBOOK: OFFICIAL COMPANION TO THE #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER***THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: OVER 25 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDETransform your life with tiny changes in behaviour, starting now.People think that when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. H...

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James Kingsland

Guardian science editor James Kingsland unlocks the ancient science of enlightenment through the journey of Siddhartha—better known as Buddha.In a lush grove on the banks of the Neranjara in northern India—400 years before the birth of Christ, when the foundations of western science and philosophy were being laid by the great minds of Ancient Greece—a prince turned ascetic wanderer sat beneath a fig tree. His name was Siddhartha Gautama, and he was discover...

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James Wood

In the tradition of E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel and Milan Kundera's The Art of the Novel, James Wood's How Fiction Works is a scintillating study of the magic of fiction--an analysis of its main elements and a celebration of its lasting power.Here one of the most prominent and stylish critics of our time looks into the machinery of storytelling to ask some fundamental questions: What do we mean when we say we "know" a fictional c...

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In a land where wind howls louder than words and the wilderness knows no mercy, a young drifter named Tang Ji roams the untamed frontiers alone. Armed with nothing but a bow and his instincts, he searches—not for prey, but for a place to belong.Raised among shadows and silence, Tang Ji grew into a hunter with no tribe, a tracker with no banner. Legends whisper of hidden enclaves—ancient hunter clans buried deep in the mountains—where kinship is earned through grit and scars. Tang J...

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Letters From an Old Time Salesman to His Son is a classic collection of heartfelt and practical advice, originally published in 1918, written by William L. Stidger. The book is structured as a series of personal letters from a seasoned, old-fashioned traveling salesman to his young son, who is just beginning his own career in sales. Through these letters, the father imparts not only the technical skills and strategies necessary for success in the sales profession, but also timeless wisdom ...

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James

The Gospel of James, also known as the Infancy Gospel of James or the Protoevangelium of James, is an apocryphal Gospel probably written about A.D. 145, which expands backward in time the infancy stories contained the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and presents a narrative concerning the birth and upbringing of Mary herself. It is the oldest source to assert the virginity of Mary not only prior to but during (and after) the birth of Jesus. The ancient manuscripts that preserve the book have ...

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James Patterson

Book 3 -

Max Einstein Series

Max Einstein is never going to be your average 12-year-old kid. She . . .is on the run from a group of villainstalks to Albert Einsteinspends time searching for information on her parentssaves the world with the help of her genius friendsTotally not ordinary stuff - unless you're Max Einstein!Now Max and her friends are back and ready to take on their biggest problem yet: world h...

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James

I hope you can be more active and contribute more in group work, I believe you did cause i can see it, but I hope you can join every discussion or tutorial activity cause its really not fair for those who did work that cover you, so for today, we have some communication problems, its okay, I will take note and inform the details of discussion and meeting next time, but we are working as a group, try to come together and share you thoughts or problem

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James Farley

'A journey to the end of thought. An empty box within an empty box. There is no truth. The robot is dreaming.'This Dog Barking chronicles the story of U.G. Krishnamurti, the Cosmic Naxalite, from his troubled childhood to his disillusionment with many of the leading spiritual teachers of the twentieth century and his catastrophic personal life. In 1967, UG underwent a series of biological mutations that left him in the 'natural state' - functioning without the interference ...

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Lin Chuqing is the kind of woman who disappears in a crowd—short, ordinary, pleasant enough to look at, but far from beautiful or brilliant. After struggling through school, she barely managed to graduate from a junior college. Life offered her little, until she secured a job as property staff in a wealthy villa district, serving the rich day after day.Her routine was dull, until she saw him. A young homeowner, only a few years older than her, devastatingly handsome, refined, and r...

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James Whiteside

**“James Whiteside is an electrifying performer, an incredible athlete, and an artist, through and through. To know James is to love him; with Center Center, you are about to fall in love.” —Jennifer Garner“A frank examination and celebration of queerness.”—Good Morning AmericaA daring, joyous, and inspiring memoir-in-essays from the American Ballet Theatre principal dancer-slash-drag queen-slash-pop star who's redefining what it means to be a man i...