Ricochet: Riding a Wave of Hope with the Dog Who Inspires Millions

 Sports > Animal Care & Pets > Essays
Author: Judy Fridono
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Ricochet: Riding a Wave of Hope with the Dog Who Inspires Millions

Ride the wave of hope with Ricochet – the only dog in the world who surfs with wounded warriors, people with disabilities, and children with special needs as an assistive aid and SURFice dog.

This tears-to-triumph story takes readers behind the TV and video sensation and shares the true journey that went from promise to disappointment before ultimately finding life’s purpose. The gorgeous golden retriever Ricochet seemed destined to be a service dog from the moment she was born. She approached her training with boundless energy and surpassed every other dog in her Puppy Prodigy training class. Unfortunately, her love for chasing birds could prove dangerous, for those she would assist. Fifteen months into her training, Ricochet was released, leaving a frustrated owner and a dog without a direction.

Excuse Me: The Survival Guide to Modern Business Etiquette

 Business Life > Etiquette
Author: Rosanne Thomas
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Excuse Me: The Survival Guide to Modern Business Etiquette

“Both novice and experienced workers will find a wealth of business etiquette in a book that, instead of excusing bad behavior, could help prevent it from happening in the first place.” -Foreword Reviews, 5 Star Review In today’s workplace, good manners matter more than ever. Blending different generations, genders, and cultures brings energy and fresh perspectives to the workplace. But the flip side is an environment ripe for confusion and social blunders. Mix in increasingly open-plan workplaces and constant connectivity, and the chance that we’ll unintentionally annoy or offend others increases exponentially. Exactly what are the rules these days? Is it acceptable to text your boss at home? What is the polite way to ask a colleague to take a distracting conversation behind closed doors? What about the use of smartphones in meetings?

Cast On, Bind Off: 54 Step-by-Step Methods; Find the perfect start and finish for every knitting project

 Needlecrafts & Textile Crafts > Knitting
Author: Leslie Ann Bestor
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Cast On, Bind Off: 54 Step-by-Step Methods; Find the perfect start and finish for every knitting project

Discover the perfect beginning and ending for every knitting project! Detailed instructions for each technique are combined with step-by-step photography to help you create edges that are tighter, looser, stretchier, or lacier.

No matter what you’re knitting, Leslie Ann Bestor has the cast on and bind off that will give your project the perfect edge.

Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot’s Bag of Knitting Tricks

 Needlecrafts & Textile Crafts > Knitting
Author: Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot's Bag of Knitting Tricks

Both a celebration of the craft and a sourcebook for practical information, Knitting Rules! is a collection of useful advice and emotional support for the avid knitter. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee unravels the mysteries of tangled yarn, confusing patterns, and stubbornly unfinished projects. Daring to question long-standing rules and encouraging crafters to knit in the way that works best for them, this illuminating, liberating, and hilarious look at the world of knitting is full of surprises and delightfully inspiring ideas.

Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country’s Most Controversial Cover-Ups

Author: Richard Belzer, David Wayne, Jesse Ventura
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Dead Wrong: Straight Facts on the Country's Most Controversial Cover-Ups

 For years, the government has put out hits on people that they found “expendable,” or who they felt were “talking too much,” covering up their assassinations with drug overdoses and mysterious suicides. In Dead Wrong, a study of the scientific and forensic facts of various Government cover-ups, Richard Belzer and David Wayne argue that Marilyn Monroe was murdered, that the person who shot Martin Luther King Jr. was ordered to do so by the government, and examines many other terrifying lies we’ve been told throughout our country’s history. The extensive research shows how our government has taken matters into its own hands, plotting murder whenever it saw fit.

Secret of the Thorns (Donavan Chronicles Book 1)

 Politics & Government > Public Affairs & Policy
Author: Tom Haase
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Secret of the Thorns (Donavan Chronicles Book 1)

We know what happened to the robe of Christ.
We think we know what happened to his cross.
We thought the Crown of Thorns was lost to history.
We were wrong.

For 1,700 years, historians have believed that the Emperor Constantine’s mother discovered Christ’s cross and crown in 323 A.D.

The experts were wrong.

An ancient manuscript discovered in Warsaw, Poland, reveals a secret Gospel and ancient Koran text lost in Spain centuries ago. And archeologist and former Army counterterrorist specialist Bridget Donavan is about to follow their trail to a shocking revelation that will shake the world to its very core.

Coercion

 Thrillers > Espionage
Author: Tim Tigner
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Coercion

The phone rings and the offer is made, leaving you only seconds to decide. Betray your country, or watch your family drop dead before your eyes.

After the Iron Curtain’s collapse, Russia appears to be finished as a superpower. But KGB general Vasily Karpov is secretly working to restore Russia’s status by forcing Americans into traitorous acts of espionage and sabotage, with the aid of a new secret weapon. Meanwhile, his biggest target is within Russia, where Karpov is plotting to capture the Kremlin for himself.

The Ocean Liner

 Fiction > Historical > Jewish
Author: Marius Gabriel
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The Ocean Liner

Cousins Masha and Rachel Morgenstern board the luxury liner the SS Manhattan bound for New York, desperate to escape the concentration camps that claimed the rest of their family. America offers a safe haven, but to reach it they must survive a hazardous Atlantic crossing.

Among their fellow passengers fleeing the war, each with their own conflicts, secrets and surprises, are the composer Igor Stravinsky, making a new start after a decade of tragedy, and Rose Kennedy, determined to keep her four children from harm. Particularly worrying to Rose is her daughter Rosemary, a vivacious but troubled woman whose love for a Californian musician may derail her family’s political ambitions. And then there’s young Thomas, a Nazi with a secret…

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