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esther

The Last Lecture

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At Carnegie Mellon University, there was a tradition: a cherished professor delivered a ?last lecture?, a speech filled with the professor?s knowledge and experience. A week before he was scheduled to speak, Professor Randy Pausch received tragic news. Due to pancreatic cancer that had spread rapidly ... More

JAMES POSPIECH
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Felonies Before Birth

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Suzanne Wall Randall, first I say well done. You did an amazing thing getting it all down on those pages. It is an accomplishment. I say again, it is no mistake that I just read this book now. It is 8 days to my son's sentencing. I have learned many thi...ngs. The most important is to know that "God ... More

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ageofknowledge

What would an autographed first edition of the Hiding Place be worth?

In discussions about The Hiding Place

What would an autographed first edition of the Hiding Place be worth? Autographed by Corrie Ten Boom and one of her surviving sisters.

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Last: on December 2, 2012
deecuzz

Lester

In discussions about Author:-A-True-Story

i think she should make a book about how to cook try it or about animals that are in shelter

Rick

I've heard this before.... Lincoln the unknown.

In discussions about Lincoln,-the-unknown.

The idea that everyone is created for a purpose is proved beyond a shadow of a doubt. The most unlikely of people in the most unlikely period with the most unusual of convictions. Sound like anyone in the Bible..........Moses,David,Solomon,Paul,Jesus....... Hope springs eternal!

Stephanie Frank

Meeting John du Rose

In discussions about Murder Was My Business

I was a teenage boy when I met John du Rose. He gave me a copy of his book, he signed it, and wrote a message in side, in which he told me to stay honest. He knew that I had fallen in with crime in London, and was warning me off of it. I knew he had been a police man but not how high he had been. ... More

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Last: on October 25, 2012
Carol Baish

Question about editions

In discussions about Elizabeth Taylor's Nibbles and Me

The hardback copy I have does not have her photo on the front, but her drawing of Nibbles. Its title is: Nibbles and Me, Elizabeth Taylor, Illustrated by the Author. Duell, Sloan and Pearce New York. I don't see this one anywhere in the listings.

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Last: on October 24, 2012
Matt B.

Overcoming spinal cord injury

In discussions about Windows-in-the-Clouds:-A-True-Story-About-Overcoming-Spinal-Cord-Injury

Do you ever really overcome a spinal cord injury?? I would say this book is more about learning to come to terms with it and making the best of the life that you have....just a thought

Phyllis Cain
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