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A comprehensive tale of one mans journey as a Steward in the Royal New Zealand Navy. Peter Hamilton shares his exploits and exciting tales in detail as he attempts to escape his role as a servant to the Naval Officers. While a man of integrity and honour, Peter explored every avenue to end his time as a Steward. Whether legitimate or not. From one extreme to the other, Peters eight years in the Royal New Zealand Navy is nothing short of the greatest...
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Discover some of the events that marked the past of the novel's protagonists.
What events forced little Isidro to be separated from his family? Why would a young and rebellious lad renounce to any hope for salvation, just to become a vulgar thief? In this preamble, some of the key episodes that forged the character of two men completely opposed, will be revealed. A priest and an outlaw united by a very uninspiring past, which will drive them unknowingly...
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"The Great Adventures of Piggy the Peruvian Pig" is based a true story about Piggy, a Peruvian guinea pig, who is lost in the Virginia wilderness. It teaches children that the greatest adventures come when least expected, and that you have to be courageous even when you are afraid. It also teaches us that sometimes we learn the most about ourselves when we are forced into situations that we are unprepared for, like Piggy, who learns he is bold and...
64) Drama Unfolds
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As Marie-Ann embarks on one of the greatest adventures of her life to-date, she must navigate the social norms and rules of late-18th century Europe, dodging etiquette and risking her safety - and her family - to live the life of adventure that all Croizettes are drawn to.
Embedded in the history of the time and loosely based on the lives of Marie-Ann and her actor husband Georges Feydeau, this is a tale of love, loss, espionage... and women thriving...
65) Tangle of Time
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When four college kids are buried alive and there's only one way out, don't ask questions. Just survive.
After barely escaping a torturous series of undiscovered tunnels far beneath the Sierra foothills, Mae and her friends emerge, dehydrated and nearly dead from starvation.
But everything Mae knows and loves is now gone.
Through some bizarre tangle in time, they've been reeled back into the past. To a time that, according to Mae - "is constipated...
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The author used this information to mentally climb Mount Everest by appearing on Australia`s Got Talent in 2022.This mini program ebook is designed for your persona lgrowth and success.The greatest adventure is the journey inwards and uncovering the multitude of gifts for your best results and transformation is incredibly satisfying.`I an` is written from the first-person perspective to speed up your learning, absorption and transformation.You are...
67) Spelunkers
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During a holiday in Belgium, college students Evan and Matt decide to explore an uncharted cave in the Ardennes. Also along for the ride is Evan's sister Kate, who has been tasked with looking out for her brother since early childhood. Deep inside the cave, Kate, Evan and Matt stumble upon a portal to another world. But does this portal represent the greatest adventure of their lives or a terrible danger…? This is a science fictional tale of terror...
68) Parenthood
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Parenthood is the greatest adventure of all, helping shape the future though the hearts and minds of children. It is not an adventure that everyone is prepared for.
Some rise to the challenge. Others fail. Children endure and carry the lessons they've learned throughout their lives.
Meyari McFarland has collected seven stories of parenthood for your reading enjoyment.
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Child of Spring
Under the Blackberry Vines
Threads of Hate
Inina's...
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The Greatest Adventure! When Holly Henshaw, wedding planner extraordinaire, left her no-good fiancé at the altar, she decided then and there: no more true love. Adventure, excitement, freedom-that's what she wanted. She'd change her business, change her life…and if she was lucky, she'd kiss a cowboy along the way. That's when she flagged down Bandera Jefferson, a long, tall Texan offering her a ride into the sunset. Ornery, possessive and handsome...
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Grab your spyglass and compass and set sail for adventure! Like a map that leads to great treasure, this revised edition of the NIrV Adventure Bible Book of Devotions for Early Readers takes kids on a thrilling, enriching quest. This yearlong devotional is filled with exciting fictional stories about kids finding adventure in the real world. Boys and girls 6-10 will learn more about God and the Bible, and be inspired to live a life of faith-the greatest...
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Grab your spyglass and compass and set sail for adventure! Like a map that leads to great treasure, this revised edition of the NIV Adventure Bible Book of Devotions takes kids on a thrilling, enriching quest. This yearlong devotional is filled with exciting fictional stories about kids finding adventure in the real world. Boys and girls will learn more about God and the Bible, and be inspired to live a life of faith-the greatest adventure of all....
72) The duchess
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Scandalous ladies of London volume 2
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It's been a year since her wretched cad of a husband died and Valencia, the Dowager Duchess of Dedham, is finally her own woman. Flitting from party to party, freedom is sweet and life should be perfect. Until the new duke surfaces. Nothing like the haughty noblemen who populate the ton, Rhain, the newly minted Duke of Dedham, is a big brawny Welshman with an accent that makes Valencia's knees go weak as he boldly moves into her home with his six...
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"The Art of Slow Travel: Embracing the Journey" is a heartfelt exploration of the transformative power of taking the scenic route. This book celebrates the art of savoring each moment, encouraging readers to embrace the beauty of slow travel and immerse themselves fully in the journey. Through evocative prose and inspiring anecdotes, it offers a refreshing perspective on travel, inviting readers to slow down, connect with their surroundings, and truly...
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And Then I Thought is a collection of epiphanies experienced and recorded by the author in the course of navigating his way through the greatest adventure of all this trip we call life. A prescription for enjoying a conscious and meaningful existence, the insights will raise awareness and encourage deeper appreciation of the voyage. If you seek genuine love in your life, start by exuding it yourself. It is the most natural, joyful, satisfying, positive...
75) The Gents
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When Kentuckian Riley Stokes and Texan Cass McCasland join together and head to the frontier they are bound to encounter the best and the worst, and enlist in some of the greatest adventures known to the west. The two misfits agree to guard an Army paywagon that's headed for Fort Dodge, but when a half-Chinese, half-Kiowa squaw needs help rescuing her sister from whiskey runners who have destroyed her tribe, their loyalties change. The adventure continues...
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Searchers volume 1
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They were descendants of some of the greatest adventurers in literature from some of the great classics like Journey to Center of the Earth, 20,000 League under the Sea, Mysterious Island, Invisible Man, Time Machine, Island of Dr. Moreau, and others. Banded together, they champion the pursuit of knowledge, the marvels of scientific exploration, and the wonders of investigating the unknown in the world around us. The Searchers is an action adventure...
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The greatest adventure in our lives is to learn the art of being happy. Happiness, like worry, is a habit, just as tying a shoelace or brushing our teeth becomes a habit. And, as you'll learn in this book, it only takes five minute a day to install happiness as a lifelong habit. Once the happiness habit is developed then it becomes a permanent part of your personality--requiring little or no effort on your part.
You'll learn that tensions are at...
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Climate change is alarming and complicated. Governments are acting too slowly or not at all, and not enough people feel informed or empowered enough, to demand action. But, ignoring a catastrophe of such magnitude is a certain path to disaster.
The Big Swim puts forward the idea that personal growth arises from facing both inner tensions and threats to the biosphere. In a collection of stories that is frequently touching, surprisingly funny, and...
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Everyone keeps secrets. And all kids keep secrets from their parents. But what if your secret were so big, so terrible, and so impossible, no one would believe you anyway?
Rieden Reece hides such a secret.
To an outside observer, Ri may seem somewhat average. A troubled kid from a broken home coping with his personal pile of problems. A snarky thirteen-year-old can only deal with so much.
The night the moon cracks changes him forever.
When the...
80) Castle Redstone
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"Three down-on-their-luck adventurers seek a lost civilization in this Minecraft novel"--
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