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Tremendous Trifles is comprised of 39 chapters, each functioning as their own essay or story. With whimsical, light-hearted prose, vivid figurative language, and unparalleled insight, Chesterton covers a variety of philosophical principles of everyday life. Chesterton often used ordinary events and objects to explain deeper matters. Using relatable and accessible examples, Tremendous Trifles also test biases and preconceived ideas, specifically in...
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Crime meets Too Fat to Fish with the mad flavor of The Corporation in the highly anticipated debut memoir by Joey "Coco" Diaz. Born in Havana in 1963, Joey is brought to New York City as a toddler when his single mother flees Cuba under an alias after killing her sister's rapist. As she pursues her American Dream opening a bar and a bookmaking operation, Joey struggles to find his place as an immigrant in the world of violence, drugs, Santeria, and...
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Did you know that President Thomas Jefferson used a copier? Or that one of the world's fastest computers is the size of a two-story house? Get ready to learn the strange stories behind technology inventions you use every day. From the teenager who first imagined the television to a $900 smartphone named Simon, you'll find out how we got the technological wonders that help us connect, create, and keep up.
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Though the novel The Tremendous Event doesn't include Maurice Leblanc's most famous creation, the criminal mastermind Arsene Lupin, it is an action-adventure thrill ride that skillfully combines elements of mystery and science fiction, and will keep readers engaged and enchanted until the very last page.
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An entertaining collection drawn from G. K. Chesterton's early years as a newspaper columnist. This compilation of "fleeting sketches," written by G. K. Chesterton while he was a columnist for the Daily News, contains the humor, foresight, and intellectual curiosity that quickly made the young writer a household name throughout London. A tribute to the playfulness of Chesterton's spirit, Tremendous Trifles contains such gems as "An Accident," in which...
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Trees have always been a vital part of life on Earth. When animals and humans breathe, they take in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide (CO2). Trees do the opposite: absorb CO2 and release oxygen. This process helps keep the right balance of elements in the atmosphere, keeping living things healthy. Trees have many other valuable features that are useful to humans and animals.
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Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace (23 March 1749 — 5 March 1827) was a French researcher and polymath whose work was critical to the advancement of designing, science, measurements, physical science, cosmology, and reasoning. He summed up and broadened crafted by his archetypes in his five-volume Mécanique Céleste (Celestial Mechanics) (1799—1825). This work interpreted the mathematical investigation of old-style mechanics to one dependent on...
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Friendship encompasses a wide range of social bonds, from playground companionship and wartime camaraderie to modern marriages and Facebook links. For many, friendship is more meaningful than familial ties. And yet it is our least codified relationship, with no legal standing or bureaucratic definition. In A Tremendous Thing, Gregory Jusdanis explores the complex, sometimes contradictory nature of friendship, reclaiming its importance in both society...
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-Pregnant Eve needs to escape from her abusive husband, Kris, but her plans get ruined when she goes into labor on the first day of winter. -Peter desires purpose and direction in his life and finds it in a church but the devote pastor there threatens him with being removed unless Peter can help the pastor on a difficult mission to murder a young boy. -During a civil war, three soldiers on a special mission stumble upon an enemy campsite and discover...
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W.B. is back and more disappointed than ever when he discovers a new series of popular books that depict the Barons as bumbling fools. His parents M and P, along with Rose Blackwood, laugh at the books until their plummeting reputation starts scaring off the buyers of their inventions, leaving the family without an income. As family members start disappearing one by one, P realizes that the author of the books is not out to ruin just their reputation,...
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Noah is normal. He's full of normal. His older brother Will tells everyone all of the time.Even if they don't believe him.Noah doesn't understand why kids in school call him a "retard."He's not intellectually disabled.In fact, he's very smart.But a lot of people call Will a fag-so maybe it's kind of like that. Neurotypical people don't always make sense. Noah doesn't understand love in the same way that his brother Will does. But maybe that's because...
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Al-Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (Allah have mercy on him) said: If a person intends two good things by his action: the good of this world and the good of the Hereafter, there is nothing wrong with that [that is no blame and no sin will be on him] because Allah says:"And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty).And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine."This book is...
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Do you ever find yourself looking up at the night sky and asking, 'who lives on the dark side of the Moon?'
Well, it's a fair question, is it not? It's certainly up there with other such burning questions, such as, 'If you can tune a piano, why can't you tuna fish?'
The Tremendous Travels and Intergalactic Misgivings of the Karillapig continue on from The Adventures of the Karillapig where we follow our intrepid Moon hero, the Karillapig, who is...
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Karinette Lichtermann, xenolinguist, is one of many mission specialists aboard the List of Wealthy Donors, on a mission to encounter the alien civilisation responsible for an indecipherable radio signal first received on Earth five decades earlier.
Humanity's first contact with an intelligent extraterrestrial species will be an unparalleled achievement... if all goes to plan.
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Charlie Tremendous Jones rose from a broken home and the squalor of the Great Depression to become a bestselling author, a successful entrepreneur, and one of the top twenty speakers of the 20th century. His speeches and writings, filled with surprising insights and hilarious anecdotes, have changed the lives of thousands and influenced some of the greatest figures of our time.
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