Myth that made us

Myth That Made Us

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Evolution Myth

The origins of life, species, and man continue to interest scientists and stir debate among the general public more than one hundred and fifty years after Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species. The Evolution Myth approaches the subject with two interwined objectives. Jiri A. Mejsnar first sets out to convey the advances made in cosmology, molecular biology, ge...

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Games That Made Us

1992 to 2022 was a period like no other for West Ham United. The Games That Made Us is the story of an unforgettable time in West Ham's history told t

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House That Made Us

One Day meets Up - a love story and a life story...

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Winter That Made Us

A fabulously festive romance brimming with special moments, ideal to curl up with and lose yourself in! Perfect for fans of Jill Mansell and Heidi Swa

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Maths That Made Us

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Language Myth

Language is central to our lives, the cultural tool that arguably sets us apart from other species. Some scientists have argued that language is innat

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30 Animals That Made Us Smarter

For many years, humans have been using the natural world as inspiration for everything from fashion to architecture, and medicine to transport, and it

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Myth of Inevitable US Defeat in Vietnam

This volume offers a dispassionate strategic examination of the Vietnam conflict that challenges the conventional wisdom that South Vietnam could not

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Revolutions that Made the Earth

The Earth that sustains us today was born out of a few remarkable, near-catastrophic revolutions, started by biological innovations and marked by global environmental consequences. The revolutions have certain features in common, such as an increase in the complexity, energy utilization, and information processing capabilities of life. This book describes these revolution...

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The Prequel Trilogy: Star Wars - Terry Brooks

<p>For the first time in one stunning volume, here is the complete, epic story arc: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith. Experience the sweeping tale of good and evil, of myth and magic, of innocence and power-and witness the tragic transformation of Anakin Skywalker from mere slave to one of the greatest, most powerful, and feared vill...

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Tricked: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book Four - Kevin Hearne

<p>NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - In the fourth novel of the Iron Druid Chronicles, two-thousand-year-old Druid Atticus O'Sullivan must pay his debts to cunning trickster god Coyote, a task that includes battling undead creatures of the night as well as a relentless hound of Hel and the goddess of death who commands it. "[Kevin] Hearne is a terrific storyteller w...

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Rule of Two: Star Wars Legends (Darth Bane) - Drew Karpyshyn

<p>In this essential Star Wars Legends novel, the second in the Darth Bane trilogy, the fearsome Sith lord takes on a deadly new apprentice. Darth Bane's twisted genius made him a natural leader among the Sith-until his radical embrace of an all-but-forgotten wisdom drove him to destroy his own order . . . and create it anew from the ashes. As the last surviving Si...

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Together, Apart - Erin A. Craigová

<p>A collection of original contemporary love stories set during life in lockdown by some of today's most popular YA authors. Erin Craig "delivers" on a story about a cute pizza delivery boy, Auriane Desombre captures a girl trying to impress her crush on TikTok, and Bill Konigsberg takes readers along on daily walks where every step brings two boys close...

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Snow Crash (0553380958)

Kniha - autor Neal Stephenson, 480 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison--a writer so original he redefines the way we look at the world. Neal Stephenson is such a writer and Snow Crash is such a novel, weaving virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool...

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Hit Makers

NATIONAL BESTSELLER"This book picks up where The Tipping Point left off ." -- Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of ORIGINALS and GIVE AND TAKENothing "goes viral." If you think a popular movie, song, or app came out of nowhere to become a word-of-mouth success in today's crowded media environment, you're missing the real story. Each block...

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The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations (0525562796)

Kniha - autor Toni Morrison, 368 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná These pages give us her searing prayer for the dead of 9/11, her Nobel lecture on the power of language, her searching meditation on Martin Luther King Jr., her heart-wrenching eulogy for James Baldwin. She looks deeply into the fault lines of culture and freedom: the foreigner, female empowe...

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Clean: The New Science of Skin and the Beauty of Doing Less (0525538321)

Kniha - autor James Hamblin, 290 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Soap Saves Lives. But did you know that excessive use of soap and skin-care products are harming our health and the environment? Apart from in hand-washing, there is no need to use soap on our bodies at all? Doctor and preventative medicine expert James Hamblin gave up showering five years ago...

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Black Like Me. 50th Anniversary Edition (0451234219)

Kniha - autor Matthew Griffin; John Howard Griffin, 200 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná THE HISTORY-MAKING CLASSIC ABOUT CROSSING THE COLOR LINE IN AMERICA'S SEGREGATED SOUTH “One of the deepest, most penetrating documents yet set down on the racial question.”—Atlanta Journal & Constitution In the Deep South of the 1950’s, a color line was etched in bloo...

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Tuesdays with Morrie: 'An old man, a young man, and life''s greatest lesson' (0385496494)

Kniha - autor Mitch Albom, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher. Someone older who understood you when you were young and searching, who helped you see the world as a more profound place, and gave you advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly ...

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Misrule: Book Two of the Malice Duology (059349914X)

Kniha - autor Heather Walter, 352 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Did they break the curse or begin one? Sleeping Beauty's dark sorceress reclaims her story in this sequel to Malice. The Dark Grace is dead. Feared and despised for the sinister power in her veins, Alyce has spent 100 years wreaking her revenge on the kingdom that made her an outcast. Once a ...

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The Kraken´s Sacrifice - Katee Robert

<p>Catalina only made her deal with the demon because she had nowhere else to go. The world has kicked her every chance it got, so she’s all too happy to leave the realm she knows behind. What’s the worst that could happen? She doesn’t anticipate being auctioned away to a kraken. Thane is cold and distant…but he’s not unkind. Isolated as they are, Catalina finds h...

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Burn After Writing (Celestial) (059318968X)

Kniha - autor Shann Nix-Jonesová, 160 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The national bestseller. Write. Burn. Repeat. Now with new covers to match whatever mood you're in. This book has made me laugh and cry, filled me with joy, and inspired me. -TikTok user camrynbanks Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok, VSCO, YouTube...the world has not only become...

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God Emperor of Dune (0593098250)

Kniha - autor Frank Herbert, 608 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Book Four in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles, the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time. Millennia have passed on Arrakis, and the once-desert planet is green with life. Leto Atreides, the son of the world's savior, the Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, is still alive but far from human. To p...

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We Are Okay (0142422932)

Kniha - 256 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná - autor Nina LaCour, 256 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná From the award-winning author of Hold Still comes an achingly beautiful novel about grief and the enduring power of friendship. You go through life thinking there's so much you need.... Until you leave with only your phone, your wallet, and a p...

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Gabriel's Promise (059309798X)

Kniha - autor Sylvain Reynard, 352 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná Gabriel Sweeney is about to fulfill a promise long overdue; a promise made to an old army buddy who had been cut down in the same firefight that had put him in a coma for three months of his life. It might be six years late but better late than never right? Gabriel though having a rough idea ...

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The Gargoyle´s Captive - Katee Robert

<p>Grace is a monster hunter who went into her demon deal with eyes wide open. Years ago, her mother made the same choice and was never seen again, and the answers Grace seeks can only be found in the demon realm. She doesn’t care that she’s auctioned off to a gargoyle. She doesn’t plan to stay with him longer than strictly necessary. Unfortunately, she didn’t rea...

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Art Of The Brick

The Art of the Brick is the stunning photographic showcase of the work that made Nathan Sawaya the world's most famous LEGO artist.

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Between Us

A pioneer of cultural psychology argues that emotions are not innate, but made as we live our lives together

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Between Us

Featured in Behavioural ScientistÂ’s Summer Book List 2022 A pioneer of cultural psychology argues that emotions are not innate but made as we live ou

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Open Circuits

Open Circuits is a photographic exploration of the beautiful design inside everyday electronics. Its stunning cross-section photography unlocks a hidden world full of elegance, subtle complexity, and wonder.Our phones, computers, and appliances are made of hundreds of internal components, each precisely engineered to perform a certain function, but none intended to actual...

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NLP Made Easy

Discover a powerful psychological technique that teaches us that all our behaviour is a product of our state of mind. Learn how to change your emotion

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Stories, Dice, and Rocks That Think

What makes the human mind so unique? And how did we get this way? This fascinating tale explores the three leaps in our history that made us what we a

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The Diet Myth: The Real Science Behind What We Eat (1474619304)

Kniha - autor Tim Spector, 336 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná From the author of Identically Different comes a new look at nutritional health, showing us that breakthrough research on microbiomes - the microbes in our stomachs - could hold the key to healthy, balanced diets. What should we eat? It's a simple and fundamental question that still bewilders u...

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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture - Gabor Maté

Anotace: We tend to believe that normality equals health. Yet what is the norm in the Western world?Mental illness is on an unstoppable rise. Some 45% of Europeans suffer high blood pressure, and nearly 70% of Americans take at least one prescription drug. Illness and trauma are defining how we live.In his new masterpiece, renowned physician, addiction expert and author ...

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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness &amp; Healing in a Toxic Culture, 1. vydání - Gabor Maté

<p>We tend to believe that normality equals health. Yet what is the norm in the Western world?Mental illness is on an unstoppable rise. Some 45% of Europeans suffer high blood pressure, and nearly 70% of Americans take at least one prescription drug. Illness and trauma are defining how we live.In his new masterpiece, renowned physician, addiction expert and author G...

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The Myth of Normal : Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture - Maté Gabor

Anotace: Western countries invest billions in healthcare, yet mental illness and chronic diseases are on a seemingly unstoppable rise. Nearly 70% of Americans are now on prescription drugs. So what is `normal` when it comes to health?Over four decades of clinical experience, renowned physician and addiction expert Dr Gabor Mate has seen how health systems neglect the rol...

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The Myth of Normal : Trauma, Illness &amp; Healing in a Toxic Culture, 1. vydání - Gabor Maté

<p>Western countries invest billions in healthcare, yet mental illness and chronic diseases are on a seemingly unstoppable rise. Nearly 70% of Americans are now on prescription drugs. So what is 'normal' when it comes to health? Over four decades of clinical experience, renowned physician and addiction expert Dr Gabor Mate has seen how health systems neglect the ro...

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How Compassion Made Us Human: An Archaeology of Stone Age Sentiment

The first book to combine the idea that our early ancestors did care for one another in an unselfish way with archaeological evidence. It is the evolu

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Unstoppable Us, Volume 1

*From the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens comes an incredible new story of the human race, for younger readers.*We humans aren't strong like lions, we don't swim as well as dolphins, and we definitely don't have wings! So how did we end up ruling the world?The answer to that is one of the strangest tales you'll ever hear. And it's a true story . . .Have yo...

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About Us - Moriarty Sinéad

Anotace: Three couples. One therapist`s couch ...Alice and Niall used to be lovers, best friends and parents, in that order. Now they`re no longer on the same page or even reading from the same book.Ann thought when she and Ken retired, it would be their second spring. Instead, it feels more like an icy winter.Orla is falling in love with boyfriend Paul, but her complica...

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How Emotions Are Made - Lisa Feldman Barrett

Anotace: When you feel anxious, angry, happy, or surprised, what's really going on inside you? Most scientists would agree that emotions come from specific parts of the brain, and that we feel them whenever they're triggered by the world around us. The thrill of seeing an old friend, the sadness of a tear-jerker movie, the fear of losing someone you love - each...

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It Ends with Us (1471156265)

Kniha - autor Colleen Hoover, 384 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The most heartbreaking novel you'll ever readLily hasn't always had it easy, but that's never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She's come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up - she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business....

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Pathogenesis: How germs made history - Kennedy Jonathan

Anotace: A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKA TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR`Powerfully argued... Fascinating and pacy` Sunday Times, Book of the Week`Superbly written... sure to please readers of Yuval Noah Harari or Rutger Bregman` The Times`Full of amazing facts` Observer`The book shines when it brings cutting-edge science to bear` Fi...

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Pathogenesis: How germs made history - Jonathan Kennedy

<p>A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKA TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Powerfully argued... Fascinating and pacy' Sunday Times, Book of the Week'Superbly written... sure to please readers of Yuval Noah Harari or Rutger Bregman' The Times'Full of amazing facts' Observer'The book shines when it brings cutting-edge science to bear' Fin...

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It Ends With Us - Colleen Hoover

Anotace: Lily hasn`t always had it easy, but that`s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She`s come a long way from the small town where she grew up-she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. And when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily`s life seems too good to be tru...

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Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way) - Roma Agrawalová

<p>'A masterclass in storytelling... Agrawal is the perfect narrator: her curiosity, technical knowledge and excitement fill every page. It left me inspired by the ingenuity of historic engineers and optimistic for future innovation.' - Jess Wade, physicist and author of Nano'Inside this wonderfully engaging book is a profound message: that so much of technology com...

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It Ends With Us, 1. vydání - Colleen Hoover

THE TIKTOK SENSATION 'A brave and heartbreaking novel that digs its claws into you and doesn't let go, long after you've finished it' Anna Todd, author of the After series'A glorious and touching read, a forever keeper' USA Today'Will break your heart while filling you with hope' Sarah Pekkanen, Perfect NeighborsSOMETIMES THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU IS THE ONE WHO HURTS YOU THE...

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It Ends With Us, 1. vydání - Colleen Hoover

<p>With a delicate foiled cover, exclusive board and sprayed edge design, as well as an exclusive interview with Colleen and her mother, don't miss this beautiful collector's edition. Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town where she grew up—she graduated from ...

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The Right Side of History : How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great - Shapiro Ben

Anotace: Human beings have never had it better than we have it now in the West. So why are we on the verge of throwing it all away?In 2016, New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro spoke at the University of California-Berkeley. Hundreds of police officers were required to protect his speech. What was so frightening about Shapiro? He came to argue that Western civil...

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US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1964-68

The F-4 Phantom II is perhaps the most famous post-war fighter. This title examines the unique aspects of the Phantom that made it so crucial to US Na

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The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins (0241989051)

Kniha - autor Tom Higham, 320 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The who, what, where, when and how of human evolution, from one of the world's experts on the dating of prehistoric fossils' Steve Brusatte, author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs 'Fascinating and entertaining. If you read one book on human origins, this should be it' Ian Morris, author of...

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Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World - Harari Yuval Noah

Anotace: *From the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens comes an incredible new story of the human race, for younger readers.* We humans aren`t strong like lions, we don`t swim as well as dolphins, and we definitely don`t have wings! So how did we end up ruling the world? The answer to that is one of the strangest tales you`ll ever hear. And it`s a true story ...

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Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World - Yuval Noah Harari

<p>*From the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens comes an incredible new story of the human race, for younger readers.* We humans aren't strong like lions, we don't swim as well as dolphins, and we definitely don't have wings! So how did we end up ruling the world? The answer to that is one of the strangest tales you'll ever hear. And it's a true story ....

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Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World - Yuval Noah Harari

<p>*From the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens comes an incredible new story of the human race, for younger readers.* We humans aren't strong like lions, we don't swim as well as dolphins, and we definitely don't have wings! So how did we end up ruling the world? The answer to that is one of the strangest tales you'll ever hear. And it's a true story ....

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Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers 3 - Among Us Walks A Goliath - Heck Don

With super-sized conflict within the team and colossal menaces without, Stan Lee and Don Heck made AVENGERS a nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat extravaganza! The classic stories collected in this volume include battles against Kang the Conqueror, Doctor Doom, Power Man, the Enchantress and the Atlantean warlord Attuma! And while the action will keep your pulse up, twists lik...

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Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers 3 - Among Us Walks A Goliath - Heck Don

Anotace: With super-sized conflict within the team and colossal menaces without, Stan Lee and Don Heck made AVENGERS a nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat extravaganza! The classic stories collected in this volume include battles against Kang the Conqueror, Doctor Doom, Power Man, the Enchantress and the Atlantean warlord Attuma! And while the action will keep your pulse up, ...

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Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way - Kieran Setiya

<p>Pain, Loneliness, Grief, Injustice ... Hope?Life is hard - as the past few years have made painfully clear. From personal trauma to the injustice and absurdity of the world, sometimes simply going on can feel too much.But could there be solace - and even hope - in acknowledging the hardships of the human condition? Might doing so free us from the tyranny of striv...

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Men Who Hate Women: From incels to pickup artists, the truth about extreme misogyny and how it affects us all - Laura Bates

<p>The extremism nobody talks aboutAnd how it affects us all 'Laura Bates does so much of the dispiriting, heavy lifting in 21st century feminism. She trudges through it like a boss, and puts out books that perfectly describe growing problems, and possible solutions. She's a proper hero at the coal mouth.' Caitlin Moran 'Laura Bates has done it again. From bantz t...

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Little Book of Manifesting

"Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us." – Novalis

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