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Lives We Carry with Us
Profiles of Moral Courage
2010
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The Pulitzer Prize–winning author profiles thirteen individuals he has known who have influenced him, from Ruby Bridges to Bruce Springsteen.Lives We Carry with Us gathers together for the first time a diverse cross section of Coles's profiles, originally published in our premier magazines over the span of five decades but never before collected in book form. Depicting the famous, the lesser known, and the unknown, the profiles here include portraits of Ja...
Lives We Carry with Us
Profiles of Moral Courage
2010
EN
Lives We Carry with Us gathers together for the first time a diverse cross section of Coles's profiles, originally published in our premier magazines over the span of five decades but never before collected in book form. Depicting the famous, the lesser known, and the unknown, the profiles here include portraits of James Agee, Dorothy Day, Erik Erikson, Dorothea Lange, Walker Percy, Bruce Springsteen, Simone Weil, and William Carlos Williams among others. Coles has chosen figures whom he c...
2009
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International judge Robert Cole's expert perspective on some of the important elements of judging the Whippet. You will "enter" a show ring and decide for yourself which is the best dog. After you have made your selection you will be walked through the process of judging step-by-step. It is an opportunity to test your knowledge and get a feel for some of the key points involved in judging this breed. The excellent graphics will help clarify what may appear to be a complex process. This is ...
2026
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What if the greatest threat to humanity… was the human ego itself?When genetic researcher Ethan Hendersen helps develop a revolutionary gene-editing therapy designed to suppress sociopathic behaviour, the results are beyond anything science imagined. Aggression fades. Empathy grows. Human behaviour begins to change.But the breakthrough hides a terrifying possibility.The same technology capable of curing humanity's darkest impulses could also be used to reshape civil...
An Eye for A Dog
Illustrated Guide To Judging Purebred Dogs
2009
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Winner of the DWAA Maxwell Award for 2004 Best Reference Book!Have you ever wondered how dog show judges learn to identify the subtle differences that separate a dog that is merely good from a dog that is outstanding? Now you can develop your own eye for sound movement and structure and learn how markings, size, and even leash position affect the judge’s perception! In An Eye for a Dog - Illustrated Guide to Judging Purebred Dogs you will...
Lives of Moral Leadership
Men and Women Who Have Made a Difference
2010
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In this rich and illuminating book, the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author Robert Coles creates a portrait of moral leadership--what it is, and how it is achieved--through stories of people who have led and inspired him: Robert Kennedy, Dorothy Day, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Erik Erikson, a Boston bus driver, teachers in college, medical school, and elementary school, among others.Coles tells how to be a moral leader and shows how the intervention of one person can change the co...
The Flight of the Mytar
The Mytar, #2
- Book 2 -
- The Mytar
2026
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Six children. Extraordinary powers. One world on the brink of destruction.When Chris and the other Mytar are transported to the mysterious world of Cathora, they discover they are humanity's last hope against a ruthless enemy determined to conquer the planet. Hunted by terrifying creatures and pursued across vast forests, hidden underground cities and deadly wastelands, the children must learn to master strange new abilities they barely understand.But their greatest threat ...
A Life in Medicine
A Literary Anthology
2012
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"Excellent" poetry and prose about physicians and their patients, by Raymond Carver, Kay Redfield Jamison, Rachel Naomi Remen, and more ( Library Journal).A Life in Medicine collects stories, poems, and essays by and for those in the healing profession, who are struggling to keep up with the science while staying true to the humanitarian goals at the heart of their work. Organized around the central themes of altruism, knowledge, skill, and duty, ...
The Last Portal
The Mytar, #1
- Book 1 -
- The Mytar
2014
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Three ordinary kids.A world in peril.A war between worlds has already begun.Chris Reynolds has always known he was different. Bullied at school and haunted by strange dreams, he never imagined the mysterious key he discovers in a flooded creek would change everything.When Chris and his friends Susie and Joe are pulled through a portal into the world of Cathora, they uncover a terrifying truth: Earth is next in line for invasion by a dark force lead by an entit...
The Battle for Cathora
The Mytar, #3
- Book 3 -
- The Mytar
2026
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The war for Cathora has begun.The hidden refuge of the Mytar has been discovered, and Zelnoff's armies are closing in from every direction. As ancient portals unleash terrifying creatures across the planet, the young Mytar are forced into a desperate fight for survival.But when one of their own is captured, everything changes.Separated, hunted, and pushed to their limits, Chris and the remaining Mytar must uncover Cathora's ancient secrets before Zelnoff gains the u...
2010
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The inspirational true story of Ruby Bridges.The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her. Told with Robert Coles' powerful narrative and dramatically illustrated by George Ford, Ruby's story of coura...
2007
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A groundbreaking study of the impact of current events on the lives and minds of children from the Pulitzer Prize-winning child psychiatrist.Most parents teach their children the lessons and skills they need to function in the world while trying to shield them from the harsher realities of life. But long before children are considered ready to face the complications of the real world, they are learning truths and perspectives most adults imagine are beyond them.