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  Whatever It Takes - Life Lessons...

  Stephen Stohn, Christopher Ward

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  This book will change the way you think about success.
  		 
  Producer of television’s iconic Degrassi franchise Stephen Stohn tells stories from behind the scenes and of making it in the music and television world in this star-studded, rock ’n’ roll trip through a Canadian show business explosion. Stohn, who has been at the heart of the entertainment industry for over forty years, shares a lifetime of experience and unique insights into how dreams are turned into reality.
  		 
  “Whatever It Takes” — both a mantra and Degrassi’s theme song — has been heard millions of times all over the world. It embodies a philosophy of struggle and self-belief leading to accomplishment, as well as the story of an exploring mind, an adventurous pursuit of experience, ringing failures, and the willingness to see things in a different way.

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  Duel in the Dark - A Fighter...

  Peter Townsend

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  Adolf Hitler's plan to eliminate Britain from WWII early using the destructive might of the Luftwaffe was thwarted by defeat in the Battle of Britain in 1940. 
   
   
   
  Still determined to force the British to surrender, Hitler launched a relentless night bombing offensive whose objective was to bomb Winston Churchill and his people into submission. 
   
   
   
  But he reckoned without the formidable courage and fighting spirit of the nation he was trying to conquer . . . 
   
   
   
  In Duel in the Dark Peter Townsend blends his own experiences of night fighting in the air war over Britain with stories from ordinary Londoners living with the terror of the Blitz to form an epic account of a country desperately defending itself against a mighty enemy. 
   
   
   
  Duel in the Dark is the sequel to Townsend's classic Duel of Eagles, one of the greatest books on the Battle of Britain ever written.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Mark Twain, O Henry, Alice...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  ‘The Old South’ is usually seen as an alluring, almost mysterious mythological land that the rest of America could never be.  Side by side poverty and the genteel well-to-do have lived, on one side disparaging, on the other envious.  Literary talents here are everywhere, detailing and witnessing for generations to come the inequality and iniquity that fuel much of its famed literature. 
   
  1 - The Top 10 - US Authors of the South - An Introduction 
  2 - The Million Pound Bank Note by Mark Twain 
  3 - The Caballero's Way by O Henry 
  4 - On the Gull's Road by Willa Cather 
  5 - The Stones of the Village by Alice Dunbar Nelson 
  6 - A Cullenden of Virginia by Thomas Wolfe 
  7 - The Octoroon's Revenge by Ruth D Todd 
  8 - The City of Refuge by Rudolph Fisher 
  9 - The Difference by Ellen Glasgow 
  10 - Skulls in the Stars by Robert E Howard 
  11 - The Strange Looking Man by Fanny Kemble Johnson

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  The Gambler - A Brilliant...

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  Would you risk everything for the hope of a single win? 
  In The Gambler, Fyodor Dostoevsky delivers a riveting psychological novel that explores the dark allure of chance, fortune, and self-destruction. Alexei Ivanovich, a passionate and impulsive young man, finds himself in the grip of an uncontrollable addiction—gambling. Trapped in a web of manipulation, romance, and desperation, he gambles not just for money but for love, power, and his very future. 
  Drawing from his own experiences with gambling, Dostoevsky paints a hauntingly realistic portrait of human psychology—the exhilaration of risk, the devastation of loss, and the relentless cycle of hope and despair. As Alexei’s obsession deepens, the novel exposes the dangerous intersection of greed, desire, and the unpredictable forces of luck. 
  What You’ll Discover in This Modern Translation:A Gripping Tale of Obsession and Risk – Experience the rush of gambling, the thrill of uncertainty, and the weight of consequences.A Deep Exploration of Human Psychology – Delve into Dostoevsky’s insights on addiction, self-control, and the power of desire.A Masterpiece in a Fresh, Readable Style – This adaptation preserves the depth of Dostoevsky’s writing while making it more accessible for today’s readers.A Love Story Fueled by Passion and Desperation – Witness Alexei’s struggle between love, money, and the pursuit of control. 
  Will fortune favor Alexei, or will his addiction consume him? 
  Get your copy today and discover one of Dostoevsky’s most captivating and personal works

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  Scratched - A Memoir of...

  Anónimo

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  “Reading Scratched gave me the feeling of standing very close to a blazing fire. It is that brilliant, that intense, and one of the finest explorations I know of what it means to be a woman and an artist.”—Sigrid Nunez, author of The Friend and Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction 
  In a bold and brilliant memoir that reinvents the form, the acclaimed author of the novel Museum Pieces and the collection Mendocino Fire explores the ferocious desire for perfection which has shaped her writing life as well as her rich, dramatic, and constantly surprising personal life. 
   
  Scratched is an intimate account of the uses a child, and the adult she becomes, will find for perfectionism and the role it will play in every part of her life. Elizabeth Tallent’s story begins in a hospital in mid-1950s suburban Washington, D.C., when her mother refuses to hold her newborn daughter, shocking behavior that baffles the nurses. Imagining her own mother’s perfectionist ideal at this critical moment, Elizabeth moves back and forth in time, juxtaposing moments in the past with the present in this innovative and spellbinding narrative. 
  Elizabeth traces her journey from her early years in which she perceived herself as “the child whose flaws let disaster into an otherwise perfect family,” to her adulthood, when perfectionism came to affect everything. In the decade between 27 and 37, she publishes five literary books with Knopf and her short stories appear in The New Yorker. But this extraordinary start to her career is followed by twenty-two years of silence. She wrote, or rather published, nothing at all. Why? Scratched is the remarkable response to that question. 
  Elizabeth’s early publications secure her a coveted teaching job at Stanford University. As she toggles between Palo Alto and the Mendocino coast where she lives, raises her son Gabriel, and pursues an important psychoanalysis, Elizabeth grapples with the perfectionism that has always been home to her. Eventually, she finds love and acceptance in the most unlikely place, and finally accepts an “as is” relationship with herself and others.  
  Her final triumph is the writing of this memoir, filled with wit, humor, and heart, and unlike any other you will find. Scratched is a brave book that repeatedly searches for the emotional truth beneath the conventional surface of existence. 
  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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  Stealing Manhattan - The Untold...

  Burl Barer, Punch Stanimirovic

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  The true crime story of a family of altruistic jewel thieves and four decades of daring capers and sweet escapes, including a 1992 New York mega-heist. 
   
  Punch Stanimirovic insists: “My father, known as Mr. Stan, is the greatest gentleman thief who ever lived—a true genius.” 
   
  Punch was raised to be an exceptional diamond thief. He could work magic on a safe that would have sent Mandrake the Magician back to the novelty store, and Dr. Strange back to medical school. He and his family risked it all to make the patriarch, Mr. Stan, proud. 
   
  Punch’s pop culture sensibilities, his father’s proven skills, and his mother’s artistic input merged to create cinema-style capers—elaborately planned and executed, including a spectacular 1992 New York mega-heist of over one billion dollars in diamonds, gold, and precious gems—and they got away with it. 
   
  Many of the crew members went on to invest in real estate, helping to “build the New York skyline”, while others moved to Europe and became the Pink Panthers. 
   
  They had one rule: No One Gets Hurt. From daring heists to the ultimate escape, discover the true story of Punch, his extraordinary crew, and his high-society family . . . 
   
  Edgar Award winner and New York Times–bestselling author Burl Barer brings to light the remarkable story of four decades and two generations of America’s First Family of kind and generous “altruistic outlaws” in Stealing Manhattan: The Untold Story of America’s Billion Dollar Gem Heist Masterminds. 
   
  Praise for Stealing Manhattan 
   
  “Barer has that all-important knack for seeking and finding hidden truth. In Stealing Manhattan, those who pulled off this caper were professionals who knew how to keep their mouths shut. And lucky for us, some of these mouths have recently opened to Barer . . . now the world can know the truth. You will not want to miss this “gem” of a book!” —Kevin Sullivan, author of The Bundy Murders: The Yearly Journal

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