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  Behind The Face - As for my baby...

  Toranj Irani

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  A mother's triumphant journey from darkness to light after suffering a traumatic loss. Behind the Face "is a heart-wrenching story that will inspire you as Toranj Irani embarks on her path toward healing. 
  Toranj allows the reader insight into her journey from wondering why her life included so much suffering and why she was being punished to the realization that not everything is happening to you and into the knowing that things are always happening for you. With this new awareness, she was able to move from bitter to joyful. Toranj then went on to develop a connection with her daughter-although no longer in physical form but is very much a part of her everyday life which includes 'out of the blue' magical surprises. 
  This is a powerful story of her awakening and transformation."

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  Going with the Floe - Sights...

  Lorna Stuber

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  Immaqa: a Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) word meaning perhaps, possibly, or maybe, because often, in Greenland, you are dependent on the weather and have to go with the flow ... or floe. 
   
  A lifelong literary devotion leads travel and humour writer Lorna Stuber to the annual Iceland Writer's Retreat, where her favourite author, award-winning Canadian writer Will Ferguson, is presenting. The retreat links her adoration of him with a quest that is inspiring and self-deprecatingly comedic. 
   
  Join Lorna in Iceland as she snowmobiles across Europe's largest glacier, totters through the narrow crevasse between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, rides Icelandic horses through volcanic valleys, and learns how to bake rye bread in geothermal soil. Visit Greenland's sheep farming villages, view the Illulisat Ice Fjord's colossal icebergs, and don crampons to climb on Greenland's ice sheet with Lorna as she confronts physical challenges and embraces the Arctic weather and terrain. 
   
  This memoir celebrates curiosity, nature, and the transformative power of travel. Through her exploration of these two rugged islands, Lorna develops a great appreciation for the lifestyles and landscapes of the North while laughing at and rolling with the absurdities that arise when well laid plans collide with illness, injury, and unpredictable weather.

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  The Crocodile - A Satirical Tale...

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  What if the loudest voice in society came from inside a reptile? 
  Step right up to hear Ivan Matveich—safely lodged in a crocodile’s stomach—proclaim his grand designs for the future of civilization!  
  Dostoevsky’s outrageous satire comes alive in this dynamic audio edition, where bustling market sounds, astonished onlookers, and Ivan’s echoing monologues plunge you into the heart of 19th-century spectacle. 
  What you’ll hear inside: 
   — The Complete Story of The Crocodile – Every absurd twist delivered in a crisp, contemporary performance 
   — Rich Soundscapes of St. Petersburg – Street vendors, gasping crowds, and the reptile’s rumbling belly 
   — Four‐Dimensional Characters in Comic Conflict – Ivan’s self-importance, his wife Elena’s scheming, and the narrator’s exasperation 
   — A Swift, Satirical Experience – Under two hours, perfect for a single listening session that will leave you laughing—and thinking 
  Pop in your earbuds and discover why Dostoevsky’s strangest tale remains a deadly accurate mirror of our media-obsessed age.

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  The FBI's War Against the Mafia...

  Frank Storey

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  With never-before-revealed information, the first-ever insider’s account of how the FBI took down the Mafia’s Five Families once and for all using RICO law, from their investigation’s bold and brilliant inception to its epic, history-making endgame—revealed by the then-untested agent who controlled the investigation that ultimately led to the convictions of the top ranks of Cosa Nostra . . .  
   
  For over 50 years, the families Genovese, Gambino, Lucchese, Bonanno, and Colombo controlled organized criminal activities throughout the country. Until 1981, when Joe Pistone emerged from his six-year undercover infiltration of the Bonanno family as Mob associate “Donnie Brasco.” It was then that Frank Storey, a newly assigned FBI agent spearheading Mafia investigations in New York, recognized the potential for wiping out the scourge of the Five Families once and for all. 
  Directing a band of 140 young and relatively inexperienced agents who would become the FBI’s game changers, Storey implemented the RICO law—the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Under his directives, they created an effectively groundbreaking playbook in the fight against organized crime. 
   
  For the first time, the full story of the dismantling of the Commission is told by the one man behind the unprecedented investigation that ended the criminal reign of the Five Families—and the Mafia’s bosses of all bosses—forever.

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  Persist Persist Persist - The...

  Junior Bernard

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  One Boy. Three Countries. A Thousand Reasons to Quit. 
  In a world that often dismisses the pursuit of dreams as a mere luxury, for Junior, it was an all-out war between life and death. 
  Growing up in the heart of poverty in Haiti, a world vividly described in this memoir, Junior embarked on an unprecedented journey—from surviving a heart-wrenching car crash to desperate street begging in the Dominican Republic. Then came the Haiti earthquake, a relentless force that snuffed out over 200k lives in less than 60 seconds. 
  And if you think you've heard it all, think again. What lies ahead in these pages takes “persistence” to a whole new dimension—a story so gripping, so raw, that you need to read it to believe it. 
  "Persist, Persist, Persist" is not just a memoir; it's an electrifying, can't-put-it-down chronicle that immerses you in Junior's thrilling journey and unveils Haiti's narrative in a revolutionary light. A timeless tale of obsession, survival, and self-invention, intricately woven with the unforgiving twists of fate. 
  Brace yourself for a narrative that will make you lose track of time and demand to be shared with everyone you know. 
  Learn more about Junior's journey at JuniorPersist.com and his latest venture, Impactzel.com—a platform where people and organizations document, verify, and share real-world impact.

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  Pearl and Bessie - A baby...

  Julia Bishop, Andy Bull

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  On the rubbish dump, a baby cried.  
  The cry was weak, and fading. The wild dogs had picked up the cries, and the scent, and were circling, closing in. 
  Bessie walked towards the sound and found a day-old baby girl. She had been abandoned because of her sex. It happened often here, in south west China. 
  If Bessie did nothing, the baby would be torn to pieces. So she picked her up, carried her to safety, and later adopted her. Yet, in saving her life, did Bessie condemn the baby she named Pearl to a life of fear and persecution? 
  This is Pearl’s story, and that of Bessie, plus Alf – Bessie’s then fiancé, later husband – and John, a second Han Chinese child the couple adopted. 
  Bessie and Alf were Methodists missionaries in Yunnan province, China, in the first half of the twentieth century. They lived through momentous times, including the Japanese occupation, the Second World War, the civil war, the Communist takeover and the Cultural Revolution. 
  This book follows their personal stories against the backdrop of a turbulent century.

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