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61) Bloodshot
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Based on the best selling comic book, Vin Diesel stars as Ray Garrison, a soldier recently killed in action and brought back to life as a superhero by the RST Corporation. With an army of nanotechnology in his veins, he's an unstoppable force, stronger than ever and able to heal instantly. But in controlling his body, the company has sway over his mind and memories, too. Now, Ray doesn't know what's real and what₂s not, but he's on a mission to...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Military service members and veterans are perhaps particularly vulnerable to sexual dysfunction given some common experiences in the military and during combat deployments. Deployment to a combat theater is an inherently stressful experience, made worse with actual combat exposure and other physical and psychological hardships and trauma. This in turn contributes to higher rates of physical damage (including traumatic brain injury and amputations),...
Author
Series
Publisher
Two Rivers Distribution
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"La culpa es de la vaca reúne anécdotas, fábulas y parábolas que proporcionan reflexiones serenas para estimular actitudes positivas sobre aspectos del diario vivir. Este libro será un compañero ideal para pensar sobre valores como la tolerancia, la generosidad, el amor y la fe, a través de los relatos cortos que contienen al final una enseñanza. Este es un libro ideal para leer en familia, compartir con amigos o para encontrar en la lectura...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Learn to make every moment a once-in-a-lifetime experience with this definitive guide to the Japanese art of ichigo ichie (pronounced itchy-GO itchy-A), from the bestselling authors of Ikigai. Every moment in our life happens only once, and if we let itslip away, we lose it forever--an idea captured by the Japanese phrase ichigo ichie. Often spoken in Japan when greeting someone or saying goodbye, to convey that the encounter is unique and special,...
66) Love & life
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Millions follow radio talk show host Dr. Laura's Schlessigner as she offers no-nonsense advice infused with a strong sense of ethics, accountability, and personal responsibility. In her newest book, Love & Life, Dr. Laura dives into the controversial topics and thorniest problems that face today's parents and grandparents, husbands and wives, men and women, and everyone seeking love, fulfillment, success-or simply anyone who wants to be a decent...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Français
Description
At the end of their tour of duty in Afghanistan, two young military women, Aurore and Marine, are given three days of "decompression leave" with their unit, among tourists, at a five-star resort in Cyprus. But it's not that easy to forget the war and leave violence behind.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In the vein of Band of Brothers and American Sniper, a riveting history of Alvin York, the World War I legend who killed two dozen Germans and captured more than 100, detailing York's heroics yet also restoring the unsung heroes of his patrol to their rightful place in history--from renowned World War I historian James Carl Nelson. October 8, 1918 was a banner day for heroes of the American Expeditionary Force. Thirteen men performed heroic deeds...
69) Hero mom
Author
Publisher
Amazon Children's Pub
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
A child demonstrates that while Mom differs from a traditional superhero, as an American soldier, she is a hero of a different kind.
Author
Series
Roland Ford volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young soldier escaped from a mental institution. A P.I. hired to track that soldier down.A race against the clock to bring the soldier home before he reveals the secret that haunts him."--Dust jacket.
Hired to locate Air Force veteran Clay Hickman, Roland Ford realizes he's been drawn into something deep and dark. The mental institution he escaped from was treating him for schizophrenia and/or severe post-traumatic-stress syndrome. But Ford realizes...
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the author of Norwegian by Night, a novel about two men on a misbegotten quest to save the girl they failed to save decades before 1991. Near Checkpoint Zulu, one hundred miles from the Kuwaiti border, Thomas Benton meets Arwood Hobbes. Benton is a British journalist who reports from war zones in part to avoid his lackluster marriage and a daughter he loves but cannot connect with; Arwood is a midwestern American private who might be an insufferable...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Nadia Guerra's mother, Albis Torres, left when Nadia was just ten years old. Growing up, the proponents of revolution promised a better future. Now that she's an adult, Nadia finds that life in Havana hasn't quite matched its promise; instead it has stifled her rebellious and artistic desires. Each night she DJs a radio show government censors block from broadcasting. Frustrated, Nadia finds hope and a way out when she wins a scholarship to study...
Author
Series
Castles ever after volume 3
Language
English
Description
"On the cusp of her first London season, Miss Madeline Gracechurch was shy, pretty, and talented with a drawing pencil, but hopelessly awkward with gentlemen. She was certain to be a dismal failure on the London marriage mart. So Maddie did what generations of shy, awkward young ladies have done: she invented a sweetheart. A Scottish sweetheart. One who was handsome and honorable and devoted to her, but conveniently never around. Maddie poured her...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"With illuminating, straightforward strategies, this guide reveals the importance of practicing acceptance, pursuing peace, and exploring wellness and purpose for yourself so you can be the kind of real, relevant, and lifelong role model young people are searching for. Engaging and thoughtful, each chapter includes moving stories from Rachel's personal journey as a mom of a teen and pre-teen along with illustrative narratives and prompts to help you...
76) I am
Publisher
Gaiam
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Follows film director Tom Shadyac as he travels the world to talk to people about what is wrong with humanity and how we can change our actions.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Emily Ley, author of bestselling Grace, Not Perfection and A Simplified Life, is here to tell you that there's more-so much more. In this book, Emily Ley takes readers on a journey out of that empty place and shows them how to fill their wells with the nourishment that only true connection can provide. She also presents some radical concepts that push against the tethers of modern life, with the promise that more of the good stuff comes when we say...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A diary recounting four decades' worth of sexual exploits, the memoir of a mental institution attendant, and a familiar-looking bicycle dredged out of a river -- the discovery of these artifacts sends an archivist on an obsessive quest to discover their owners' identities and fates. Shifting between Slovenia's postcommunist present and its wartime occupation by the Axis, The Tree with No Name might well be Drago Jancar's masterpiece: a compelling...
Author
Publisher
Random House, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
A thought-provoking exploration of the four major commitments in life that fundamentally shape our identities. Most people, over the course of life, will make four big commitments: to a spouse and family, to a vocation, to a philosophy or faith, and to a community. Personal fulfillment depends on how well the commitments are chosen and executed.
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