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À 11 ans, ma famille a déménagé à côté de la sienne. À 13 ans, il a été mon premier coup de cœur. À 16 ans, nous sommes tombés amoureux l'un de l'autre. Et quand j'avais 19 ans, nous nous sommes brisé le cœur. Six ans plus tard, j'ai décroché un stage chez un grand architecte d'intérieur dans une nouvelle ville. Malheureusement, il se trouve que c'est dans cette ville qu'il joue au hockey. Je pensais que Chicago était assez grande pour l'éviter, jusqu'à ce que j'emménage sans le savoir dans la maison voisine. Pire encore ?

Ernest Hemingway said, “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn". One hundred years after its author’s death, this classic remains remarkably modern and poignantly relevant. In this new edition, Elijah Wood reads Huck in a youthful voice that may be the closest interpretation to Twain’s original intent. His performance captures the excitement and confusion of adolescence and adventure.

In 2020 Philadelphia, amidst the upheaval of the pandemic and the racial tensions ignited by George Floyd's murder, Chauncey Johnson stubbornly clings to his Jitney, a cash-only taxi, a symbol of his defiance against corporate America.

Stranded on the distant planet Tschai, young Adam Reith is the sole survivor of a space mission who discovers the world is inhabited - not only by warring alien cultures but by human slaves as well, taken early in Earth's history. Reith must find a way off the planet to warn Earth of Tschai's deadly existence.

Orphaned at birth, Oliver Twist is born into the grimmest of 19th century English workhouses with a life of grinding poverty ahead of him. But the boy is a fighter and after being evicted from the workhouse for asking for 'more' and surviving a stint as an undertaker’s assistant, he walks many miles to London and finds a whole new life with a gang of young pickpockets led by the Artful Dodger and their guardian Fagin.

This book is an invitation to awaken the healing power of mind through inspiring images and sounds, mindful movements, positive perceptions, soothing feelings, trusting confidence, and the realization of openness. The healing principle on which these exercises are based is the universal nature and omnipresent power envisioned in Mahayana Buddhism. Yet for healing, we don't have to be believers in any particular faith.

The novel follows the adventures of Jack Levitt, an orphaned teenager living off his wits in the fleabag hotels and seedy pool halls of Portland, Oregon. Jack befriends Billy Lancing, a young black runaway and pool hustler extraordinaire. A heist gone wrong gets Jack sent to reform school, from which he emerges embittered by abuse and solitary connement. In the meantime Billy has joined the middle class - married, fathered a son, acquired a business and a mistress. But they will meet again....

When someone sent distress signals to outer space from the planet Tschai, it was Adam Reith's misfortune to be sent from Earth to investigate. Because when his ship came close to Tschai, it was torpedoed - and Adam escaped to the surface with his life and nothing else.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Surfing icon Laird Hamilton offers inspiration to anyone who wants to elevate their ordinary, landlocked lives to do extraordinary things. “When Laird Hamilton surfs, you must watch. When he speaks, I listen. And when he writes a book, I’m damn sure gonna read...

‘Requiem for the Australian Dream’ examines the origins of the Australian Dream and its importance to Australian society. Under the Robert Menzies government, the ‘Australian Dream’ became the measure of a mature society, built on the collective values of the ‘fair go’ and the notion that no one will be left behind. Menzies likened it to ‘the greatest expression of democracy is when a man and his family own their own home’. During his tenure as Prime Minister from 1949 to 1966, home ownership would become the cornerstone of his ‘emerging middle class of ‘little capitalists’.

Follow the story about a modern gangsta whose internal struggles as a criminal and ex-soldier shifts through a journey of redemption as he becomes a knight in a foreign realm. This is the author's definitive edition with special commentary.

Coyote America is both an environmental and a deep natural history of the coyote. It traces both the five-million-year-long biological story of an animal that has become the "wolf" in our backyards and its cultural evolution from a preeminent spot in Native American religions to the hapless foil of the Road Runner. A deeply American tale, the story of the coyote in the American West and beyond is a sort of Manifest Destiny in reverse.

In the tumultuous aftermath of the Trojan War, a young man battles to save his home and his inheritance. Setting out to find his father, he ends up discovering himself. Telemachus' father, Odysseus, went off to war before he was born...and never came back. Aged 16, Telemachus finds himself abandoned, his father's house overrun with men pursuing his beautiful mother, Penelope, and devouring the family's wealth. Telemachus determines to leave Ithaca, his island home, and find the truth.

In little time, Loy has become one of the most powerful advocates of the Buddhist worldview, explaining like no one else its ability to transform the sociopolitical landscape of the modern world. In this, his most accessible work to date, he offers sharp and even shockingly clear presentations of oft-misunderstood Buddhist staples - the working of karma, the nature of self, the causes of trouble on both the individual and societal levels - and the real reasons behind our collective sense of "never enough", whether it's time, money, sex, security...even war.

Colorado isn't just a destination — it's a lifestyle. In Colorado Bucket List Travel Guide: Eat. Hike. Snow. Repeat. By Elijah Blackpine delivers 100 must-do experiences designed to help you explore Colorado smarter, deeper, and in every season. From scenic alpine hikes and powder days in the Rockies to iconic mountain towns, hidden local gems, and perfectly planned weekend getaways, this guide gives you a curated system for experiencing the very best of the Centennial State.

The story of Judas Iscariot has been told a thousand times. He is remembered with pity – or more often, disdain and contempt; often compared to Satan, himself. The name of Judas is one that conjures images of despair and ruin. The story of Judas is a story of hopelessness: The story of a villain destined for doom.

The debut of Kelly Caldwell, written from within the darkness of bipolar illness and the longing to claim her womanhood “There can be no history of my body. My forgetfulness is in earnest. I check for it like for keys in a pocket. I’ve remained a girl all my life.” With searing...

This 45-minute audiobook will guide you through the framework used by high-earning entrepreneurs to launch any digital product easily and in record time.

The monsters that haunted me as a kid are hungry - starving - but now that I’m grown up, they don’t want to eat me. They want to breed me. Fifteen years ago, I wanted nothing more than to escape them. But now a part of me wants to join them - submit to them. Will I ever vanquish my night terrors, or will I just become another notch on their bedpost?

This is a story about our planet Earth. It’s in a very fragile state, and we as adults and our children need to do what is in our power to restore it to good health so that future generations will be able to enjoy this beautiful planet we call home.