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Chess-Mate from Titanic : William Russo
Chess-Mate from Titanic
Richard Frazar White lived in Winchendon springs, Massachusetts, attended Cambridge High and Latin School, and died on the Titanic. A plaque to his memory was placed at Curry College in Milton Massachusetts, in the 1950s.
Dr. William Russo lives in Winchendon Springs, went to Cambridge High and Latin, and lives with the ghost of Richard. He taught at Curry College in Milton, Massachusetts, in the classroom where he found Richard’s plaque 30 years before meeting his ghost.
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The Quiet Game : Cassandra Hallman
The Quiet Game
Elisa has always been a quiet person. Staying in the background and observing instead of participating is her safety net. A long time ago, she promised herself not to talk to people unless she has to.
Suddenly she finds herself in a dangerous situation she couldn’t anticipate. She is helpless and more alone than ever. Then someone from her past shows up and she realizes that she had never been alone at all.
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Agile Confusion: A Quick Understanding of the Basics and Application : C. Lewis
This is the second book in the Carnsa Development series of quick easy read semi-fictional guide books.
Perhaps you are not sure what it means when you hear the term ‘Agile’ in association with project delivery? Are you going to work an Agile project? Are you going to connect with some technology people to work on an Agile project and want a fighting chance to understand what they are going on about?
You will be introduced to tools and techniques from the Agile framework. Get a brief history and join the Carnsa family as they embark on their first Agile project from start through to launch. Their journey includes the creation of user stories for requirements, selecting user stories for the sprint backlog, estimation and ceremonies.
Examples are given that you can relate to with an optional quiz to test your knowledge at the end. If you don’t know what some of these words mean and want to find out, then this book is for you!
Jax, Sheba and Velo Make Lunch by Chris Lewis is also on Whizbuzz Books.
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My First Ten Days in Heaven : Robert Brown
My First Ten Days in Heaven
You die and arrive in Heaven. That’s great, fantastic. But what if you’re an atheist and you end up in Heaven anyway? What then? Is it some sort of evil trick, a test, a mistake? Is it really Heaven? Mike couldn’t figure it out. He didn’t believe in God or Heaven. When you’re dead, he thought, that’s it.
Instead, he finds himself being tutored in Heavenly ways by Pete, his assigned guide. Pete says it will take a week or two to become fully acclimated to Heaven, at which time Mike will enjoy the full elations and exultations of his new, forever home. He learned one twist, he could opt out of this unexpected welcome.
If it was some sort of test, it was a good one. If it was a trick, it was mean-spirited. Could God be mean-spirited? Mike enjoyed ten days, then made a decision that was true to his values.
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Chinese Blockbuster : Gilbert C Remillard
Chinese Blockbuster
Stimulate your brain by learning to read the most spoken language in the world!
“Read Chinese? Are you serious? How could I remember all these funny symbols? This is way too hard! But it would be nice if I could do it, though…”
With over 1 billion users, Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world. Add to that the importance of China in the world economy and you end up with a situation where knowing the Chinese language gives you a tremendous advantage. Yet, most people think they will never be able to learn it because of the assumption that ‘Chinese, with its weird alphabet and sound, is too hard.’
It may have been the case in the past, but the Chinese Blockbuster Series is designed to help the reader bust out of these old mental blocks for good! Once you have completed the series, you will be able to read everything in Chinese that comes your way, like Chinese texts written with traditional characters, recent novels as well as newspapers published in mainland China, street signs displayed in the China towns of the world or tattoos your friends or movie stars may have on their body.
And do not underestimate the proven health benefits associated with learning a second language: it makes you smarter, improves your creativity and your memory, builds your self-confidence, and protects against dementia and Alzheimer’s. Because of its peculiarities, Chinese is probably the best language to learn in that department!
The Chinese Blockbuster Series is your blueprint to language proficiency. It teaches:
- How to recall the building blocks that compose both forms of a Chinese character (simplified and traditional)
- How to remember the various definitions of a character
- How to memorize the various pronunciations of a character in Mandarin
- Additional facts concerning the character, such as its frequency of use, its etymology, or its ancient meanings and shapes
The details of each character are imprinted in your brain by way of funny, dramatic or true stories, allowing you to remember all aspects of a specific character in one fell swoop. You will effectively learn to recognize and pronounce all the Chinese characters you are bound to see, while being entertained!
This is the first book of the Chinese Blockbuster Series. The series goes beyond the ‘top few Chinese characters you need to know to get by,’ as people too often realize that they don’t get anywhere with such a limited number of characters. The Chinese Blockbuster Series is comprehensive and covers what is necessary for you to reach reading fluency in modern Chinese.
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Seeds of Excellence For Teens : Jon Hansen
Seeds of Excellence For Teens: 24 Life Principles For Those Who Want To Stand Out From The Crowd
In a world full of copycats and teenagers trying to blend into the crowd, you will be taught how to explode through barriers of mediocrity and reach new heights of impact and influence at your school, job, and with your family and friends.
The 24 principles taught in this book can be readily and easily applied to your life today. Get ready to stand out from the crowd and become a difference maker!
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Toil and Strife : Mary Brock Jones
Toil and Strife: Hathe Book One and Two
When two opposed worlds fight for survival, what chance have a pair of duty-plagued lovers caught in the middle?
Five long years ago, the Terrans invaded Hathe and life on a once peaceful and wealthy world changed forever. Major Hamon Radcliff is one of those Terrans. He does what he can to mitigate the brutality against the Hathians yet knows their occupation must succeed. Earth cannot survive without the urgonium found only on Hathe.
But all that changes when Hamon falls for a woman of the long-lost Hathian ruling class. He suspects Marthe asn Castre of being an undercover agent, but she’s so much more. She’s a key player in a secret resistance force.
Now Hamon must choose.
Protect the woman he loves and watch millions of his people die.
Or break her, find out what she knows, and save Earth.
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Stay Safe and Travel On : M. Armstrong Jr.
Stay Safe and Travel On
Do you want to travel? Do you like to travel? Is traveling part of your DNA?
This is a book about the love of traveling and staying safe while traveling. It’s a book for anyone who has ever thought about traveling and how to travel safely.
When an accident happens at home, you know how to call for an emergency – but do you know how to in a foreign country? Do you know how to make an international phone call? Do you know the safest place to stay in a hotel? Do you know what to look for when getting into a taxi? Are you aware of the scams in the country you are going to? Do you know how to plan and budget for a vacation?
All these questions and many more are answered in this book to make your traveling a more safe, secure, and fun adventure.
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The Forest Beyond : Christine DeYoung
On the one side, Charlotte is up against a jealous ex-boyfriend who is determined to disrupt her life and break up her relationship with handsome new guy, Brock.
On the other side, she has an amazing ability to transfer her Spirit into the body of a Native American Osage girl living in the past named Indigo. When she learns Indigo is to marry a warrior named Stomping Bull, Charlotte is torn between her life in the present and wanting to stay in the past.
In 1988, Charlotte is ready to turn 16 and finally have some independence. She also longs to have a steady boyfriend, and when handsome new guy, Brock, comes to town, she thinks he is just the one she has been looking for. But, a jealous ex has other plans and he keeps disrupting her dates making it hard for her to find any happiness.
One day when she is walking with her dog in the forest, she has an out-of-body experience. Her spirit travels back in time into the time when the Osage Nation roamed Arkansas. When she meets her apparent soon-to-be husband, Stomping Bull, she quickly falls in love.
As she goes back and forth between Charlotte’s life and Indigo’s life, it gets harder for her to decide which life she wants to live. Which life will she choose? Which one will be safer?
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Hippies : Gary Gautier
Hippies
By 1970, the hippie scene was faltering, a victim of both inner contradictions and external forces. The Vietnam war resistance, psychedelic drugs, sexual openness, the freedom of the commune – it seemed that everything about the 1960s could be incredibly liberating or wildly destructive.
Against this backdrop, Jazmine, Ziggy, Ragman and a coterie of hippies discover an LSD-spinoff drug that triggers past life regressions. Jazmine, a sweet soul with a hidden past, volunteers to test the “tan acid” and becomes torn between her hippie life and a medieval alter-ego. Ziggy tries to keep her grounded without revealing his own secret. Throw in the snarky bisexual Pepper, Tex Whittaker, Stormy, and the lovable giant, Hoss, and open love and friendships flow along wacky and tragic paths, until things fall apart and the group starts hurtling toward a dramatic climax.
This epic tale of hippiedom is intimate in the lives of its characters but panoramic in its coverage of the sights, sounds, and ideals of the Age of Aquarius. Hippies is well-suited to readers of historical fiction, literary fiction, and anyone interested in the 1960s or the history of countercultural movements.
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