Remarkable life of the skin

Remarkable Life of the Skin

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Remarkable Ordinary

Based on a series of mostly unpublished lectures, The Remarkable Ordinary by Frederick Buechner reveals how to stop, look, and listen to your life. Bu

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German Jerusalem - The Remarkable Life of a German-Jewish Neighborhood in the Holy City

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Skin

Above the water, a welcoming community of men offer refuge from an increasingly rocky home life. Fourteen years later, a new revelation sees Matty

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Skin

Above the water, a welcoming community of men offer refuge from an increasingly rocky home life. Fourteen years later, a new revelation sees Matty s

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Life and Times of Mary Attenborough (1896-1961)

Mary's own story is here revealed and given value in its own right, not merely as 'the wife of ...' or 'the mother of ...'. This remarkable woman dese

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Skin of the Sea (0241413974)

Kniha - autor Natasha Bowen, 256 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná An epic love story infused with West African mythology. For fans of The Gilded Ones, Children of Blood and Bone, and Circe, this book is a powerful new imagining of a devastating time in history, told through the eyes of a bold and unforgettable heroine. This is the story of a great love - a ...

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The Secret World of Plants: Tales of More Than 100 Remarkable Flowers, Trees, and Seeds - Hoare Ben

Anotace: Plants are found almost everywhere on Earth, but to many people their lives are a mystery. Discover the secrets of more than 100 amazing plants in this treasury of intriguing flora Learn how seagrass changes the environment around it, how the Venus flytrap counts to make sure it catches its prey, and why some tulips used to cost more than a house! This book expl...

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Lost Memory of Skin

Suspended in a strangely modern-day version of limbo, a young man must create a life for himself in the wake of incarceration. Known only as the Kid,

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Under the Skin

An inspiring story of a young asylum seekerÂ’s struggle to build a new life with his family in Britain told with wit and heart by beloved author Cathe

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Life of Christina of Markyate

The remarkable story of twelfth-century recluse Christina of Markyate, her trials and temptations, who eventually founded a priory. The anonymous Life

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Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life (0425284646)

Kniha - autor Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 304 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A bold work from the author of The Black Swan that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility In his most provocative and practical book yet, one of the foremost thinkers of o...

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Life of Charlotte Bronte

A classic of English biography as well as the portrait of a very remarkable woman and an eminently distinguished literary figure.

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Life Between the Tides

LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2022 ‘A remarkable and powerful book, the rarest of things … Nicolson is unique a

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Arcimboldo

In Giuseppe Arcimboldo's most famous paintings, grapes, fish, and even the beaks of birds form human hair. A pear stands in for a man's chin. Citrus fruits sprout from a tree trunk that doubles as a neck. All sorts of natural phenomena come together on canvas and panel to assemble the strange heads and faces that constitute one of Renaissance art's most striking oeuvres. ...

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History of Plants in 50 Fossils

This is the story of plant life on Earth, retold through a remarkable record of spectacular fossils. Palaeobotanist Paul Kenrick explains the importan

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Bonds of Love

Shows that the paradox at the heart of St Peter Damian's life and everything he cared about was rooted in the remarkable theology of love which finds

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Priest Who Put Europe Back Together

Philip Fabian Flynn led a remarkable life, bearing witness to some of the most pivotal events of the twentieth century. Flynn took part in the invasio

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Mysterious Life of Dr Barry

The remarkable true story of Margaret Anne Bulkley aka Dr James Barry a surgeon who disguised herself as a man for her entire life.

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Identity and the Life Cycle

Erik H. Erikson's remarkable insights into the relationship of life history and history began with observations on a central stage of life: identity d

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Jacobs's slave narrative is remarkable for its candid exposure of the sexual abuse suffered by slaves at the hands of their owners. Her suffer

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Soul of the Deep - Bowen Natasha

Anotace: For fans of The Gilded Ones, Children of Blood and Bone, and Circe, this is the breathtaking follow-up to SKIN OF THE SEA - an epic love story infused with West African mythology and a powerful new imagining of a devastating time in history, told through the eyes of a bold and unforgettable heroine.One life. One choice. One sacrifice.To save those closest to her...

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Life and Travels of Isabella Bird

The remarkable story of one of the great pioneering women adventurers of the 19th century.

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Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Life of a Desert Nomad (1860497586)

Kniha - autor Waris Dirie; Cathleen Miller, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Paperback edition of this remarkable story, recounting how Waris Diri ran away from her family in her native Somalia after being a victim of female circumcision, and became a successful model after being discovered working in a McDonalds in London. Illus.

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Park Life

A remarkable diary chronicling the final working year of the charmed life of John Bartram, gamekeeper and senior wildlife officer at Richmond Park for

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Acne Cure: The Clear Skin Dietary Treatment

This is probably the most effective acne treatment plan you will ever encounter in your life We are going to break down top foods to get rid of acne, top all natural supplements to get rid of acne, and also the top foods you must get out of your diet imme

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Under Her Skin

The remarkable story of Professor Fiona Wood AM, world-leading burns specialist and one of Australia's most innovative and respected surgeons, whose g

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The Secret History of the Mongols - Atwood Christopher P.

Anotace: A new translation of a great historical epic, recounting the turbulent life and times of Chinggis Khan`Bear the sword andHew asunder high and haughty necksSlash apart all strong and self-willed shoulders`Born poor into a world of dangers and hardships, Chinggis (or Genghis) Khan would grow up to unify Mongolia and conquer a vast empire stretching from modern-day...

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Child of the Phoenix

Beautiful repackage of this Barbara Erskine classic, the story of a remarkable mediaeval noblewoman whose life shaped the history of three crowns

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Skin in the Game : Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life - Taleb Nassim Nicholas

THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold book that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility Why should we never listen to people who explain rather than do? Why do companies go bust? How is it that we have more slaves today than in Roman times? Why do...

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Skin in the Game : Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

<p>THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold book that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility Why should we never listen to people who explain rather than do? Why do companies go bust? How is it that we have more slaves today than in Roman time...

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Power of the Powerless

Václav Havel’s remarkable and rousing essay on the tyranny of apathy, with a new introduction by Timothy Snyder Cowed by life under Communist Party

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Feline Philosophy : Cats and the Meaning of Life - John Gray

<p>'Why can't a human be more like a cat? That is the question threaded through this vivid patchwork of philosophy, fiction, history and memoir ... a wonderful mixture of flippancy and profundity, astringency and tenderness, wit and lament' Jane O'Grady, Daily Telegraph'When I play with my cat, how do I know she is not passing time with me rather than I with her?' M...

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Happy Skin Kitchen

What is the secret to the clearest, most radiant skin of your life?

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Sunday Times A Life in the Day

Meet 100 of the most remarkable people from The Sunday Times MagazineÂ’s acclaimed column, A Life in the Day. Wonderfully intimate, often humorous, so

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In My Skin

It's taken 27 years for Sophie Lee to feel comfortable in her skin. This the real-life story of one woman's courage in rising from the ashes as she le

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The People in the Trees: The Stunning First Novel from the Author of A Little Life - Yanagihara Hanya

Anotace: A strikingly original first novel, from the author of A Little Life.`The world Yanagihara conjures up, full of dark pockets of mystery, is magical.` - The TimesIn 1950 Norton Perina, a young doctor, embarks on an expedition to a remote Micronesian island in search of a rumoured lost tribe. There he encounters a strange group of forest dwellers who appear to have...

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Lost World of the Kalahari

Laurens van der Post was fascinated and appalled at the fate of this remarkable people. His fascinating attempt to capture their way of life and the s

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Norfolk Villains

Discover the darker side of Norfolk with this remarkable collection of true-life crimes from across the county.Drawing on a wide variety of historical

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Murder and Crime Northumberland

Discover the darker side of Northumberland with this remarkable collection of true-life crimes from across the county. Drawing on a wide variety of hi

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Murder and Crime York

Discover the shadier side of YorkÂ’s history with this remarkable collection of true-life crimes from across the city. Drawing on a wide variety of

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Impostress

Meet Sarah Wilson, a real life Moll Flanders of the eighteenth century - 'the greatest impostress of the present age' - who created a remarkable serie

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Reverse the Signs of Ageing

Reveals the secrets to youthful-looking skin. This book features 360 degree guide that everyone can adopt into their everyday life.

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House of Hunger: the shiver-inducing, skin-prickling, mouth-watering feast of a Gothic novel - Alexis Hendersonová

<p>NOMINATED FOR BEST HORROR NOVEL in the GOODREADS READERS CHOICE AWARDS...'A lurid, luscious debauch of a book.' Guardian'An unforgettable feast of decadence and depravity, House of Hunger cements Henderson's place as one of the great gothic writers of our generation.' S T GIBSON, author of A Dowry of BloodA young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a societ...

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The Power of the Powerless - Václav Havel

<p>Václav Havel’s remarkable and rousing essay on the tyranny of apathy, with a new introduction by Timothy Snyder Cowed by life under Communist Party rule, a greengrocer hangs a placard in their shop window: Workers of the world, unite! Is it a sign of the grocer’s unerring ideology? Or a symbol of the lies we perform to protect ourselves? Written in 1978, Václav H...

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Uncommon Life of Alfred Warner in Six Days

Approaching 80, frail and alone, a remarkable man makes the journey from his sheltered home in England to Berlin to meet his granddaughter.

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Never Give Up : A Life of Adventure, The Autobiography - Grylls Bear

Anotace: In Never Give Up, global adventurer, Chief Scout and TV presenter Bear Grylls immerses readers in some truly remarkable adventures. As Bear shares personal stories from his toughest expeditions, this inspiring autobiography captures the exhilarating reality behind some of his hairiest survival missions.In this eagerly awaited follow up to his Number One bestsell...

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Never Give Up : A Life of Adventure, The Autobiography, 1. vydání - Bear Grylls

<p>In Never Give Up, global adventurer, Chief Scout and TV presenter Bear Grylls immerses readers in some truly remarkable adventures. As Bear shares personal stories from his toughest expeditions, this inspiring autobiography captures the exhilarating reality behind some of his hairiest survival missions. In this eagerly awaited follow up to his Number One bestsel...

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Under Your Skin - Durrant Sabine

Anotace: A gripping psychological thriller for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Erin Kelly, from the bestselling author of Lie With Me.`You`ll be glued to every page` Closer It`s true what they say: one moment can change your life completely. I found a woman`s body on the common. I touched her; that was all.But now the police won`t leave me alone. Because all the evidence is...

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The Art of Living (1846045096)

Kniha - autor Thich Nhat Hanh, 192 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá Master the art of living from one of the world's most revered spiritual leaders. Thich Nhat Hanh, the world's most renowned Zen master, turns his mindful attention to the most important subject of all - the art of living. The bestselling author of The Miracle of Mindfulness presents, for th...

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Power Of the Powerless - neuveden

Anotace: Vaclav Havel`s remarkable and rousing essay on the tyranny of apathy, with a new introduction by Timothy Snyder Cowed by life under Communist Party rule, a greengrocer hangs a placard in their shop window: Workers of the world, unite! Is it a sign of the grocer`s unerring ideology? Or a symbol of the lies we perform to protect ourselves? Written in 1978, Vaclav...

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Beryl - WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

The remarkable life of champion Beryl Burton, one of the greatest cyclists of all time

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Beryl - WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

The remarkable life of champion cyclist Beryl Burton, one of the greatest cyclists of all time.

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Only Approved Indians

In these short stories, Jack Forbes captures the remarkable breadth and variety of American Indian life. Drawing on his skills as scholar and native a

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Day That Changed My Life

Exhilarating, heartbreaking and ultimately inspiring, The Day That Changed My Life is a remarkable collection of stories of Ireland's women and the ex

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Glorious Guinness Girls: A story of the scandals and secrets of the famous society girls

From London to Ireland in 1920s, a glorious, gripping, moving and richly textured novel which takes us to the heart of the remarkable real-life story

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Claudius the God - Graves Robert

Anotace: Continuing the saga begun in I, Claudius, Robert Graves`s Claudius the God is a compelling fictional autobiography of the Roman emperor, published with an introduction by Barry Unsworth in Penguin Modern Classics.Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. Here he recounts his surprisingly successful...

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The Messenger - Silva Daniel

Anotace: Gabriel Allon, art restorer and spy, is about to face the greatest challenge of his life. An al-Qaeda suspect is killed in London, and photographs are found on his computer - photographs that lead Israeli intelligence to suspect that al-Qaeda is planning one of its most audacious attacks ever, straight at the heart of the Vatican. Allon warns the Pope`s private ...

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The Maiden: Winner of the Bloody Scotland Crime Debut of the Year 2023 - Foster Kate

Anotace: The Times Bestseller`A masterpiece` - Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal `Exceptional - a tense, thrilling investigation, with a decidedly feminist slant` - Daily MailInspired by a real-life case, Kate Foster`s The Maiden is a remarkable story with a feminist revisionist twist, giving a voice to women otherwise silenced by history. Winner of the Bl...

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Life I'm In

The powerful and long-anticipated companion to The Skin I'm In, SharonFlake's bestselling modern classic, presents the unflinchingstory of Char, a you

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