The Secrets of Oak Park


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A group of high school students from the school newspaper investigate a rash of hate crimes in their town.




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Comprehensive reading intervention program designed to meet the needs of elementary to middle school students whose reading achievement is below the proficient level. Stage A provides tools for young struggling readers in elementary school to develop critical literacy skills. Stage B provides middle school struggling readers with topics designed for their level of reading that hold their interest.




Defiant Princess


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They called me trash. They called me whore. They called me so much worse. They told me I didn't belong in their world, and you know what? Maybe they were right. But I can't just let this go. I'm still a Hildebrand, after all, and I've only just begun to scratch the surface of what that legacy means. There are secrets buried in Roseland, and I'm determined to dig them up. To make the Princes pay for what they did. Trying to exact vengeance from hundreds of miles away isn't easy though--until a mysterious ally offers help that could change everything. At least someone is on my side in all of this. I just have no idea who it is. ***AUTHOR'S NOTE: Defiant Princess is a reverse harem high school bully romance, the second book in the Boys of Oak Park Prep trilogy. It contains cursing and sexual situations.




Nobody's Home


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In this broad-based study of American fiction, canonical and otherwise, Arnold Weinstein examines closely the strong ties between language, history and culture, with a particular focus on freedom of the self.




The Secret Lives of Wives


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A bestselling, groundbreaking author investigates wives who thrive, sharing their uncensored strategies for staying married. America’s high divorce rate is well known. But little attention has been paid to the flip side: couples who creatively manage to build marriages that are lasting longer than we ever thought possible. What’s the secret? To find out, bestselling journalist Iris Krasnow interviewed more than two hundred wives whose marriages have survived for fifteen to seventy years. In raw, candid, sometimes titillating stories, Krasnow’s cast of wise women give voice to the truth about marriage and the importance of maintaining a strong sense of self apart from the relationship. Some spend summers separately from their partners. Some make time for wine with the girls. One septuagenarian has a recurring date with an old flame from high school. In every case, the marriage operates on many tracks, giving both spouses license to pursue the question “Who am I apart from my marriage?” Krasnow’s goal is to give women permission to create their own marriages at any age. Marital bliss is possible, she says, if each partner is blissful apart from the other. For anyone who wants to stay married and stay sane, this is the book to read!




Vegetarian Times


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To do what no other magazine does: Deliver simple, delicious food, plus expert health and lifestyle information, that's exclusively vegetarian but wrapped in a fresh, stylish mainstream package that's inviting to all. Because while vegetarians are a great, vital, passionate niche, their healthy way of eating and the earth-friendly values it inspires appeals to an increasingly large group of Americans. VT's goal: To embrace both.




Legendary Locals of Oak Park


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Founded in the 1830s by Joseph and Betty Kettlestrings, an intrepid young couple from Yorkshire, England, the small settlement of Oak Park grew slowly until the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Before the ashes had cooled, Oak Park's population boomed as displaced families relocated into the community on the west edge of Chicago. By the turn of the 20th century, this thriving village became a magnet attracting ever-larger numbers of prosperous, progressive people to settle in what many referred to as "the finest of the streetcar suburbs." In the 1960s and 1970s, Oak Park became widely recognized for encouraging racial and ethnic diversity. Though best known for such residents as architect Frank Lloyd Wright and novelist Ernest Hemingway, Oak Park also lays claim to scores of others who have shone brightly in the national spotlight, as well as current folks who are passionate, daring, and dynamic. More than 100 noteworthy Oak Parkers-- past and present--are featured in this volume, from writers and restaurateurs to mobsters and movie stars.




Secrets & Mysteries


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The Glory and Pleasure of Being a Woman! Secrets & Mysteries will give you a profound understanding of what it means to be a woman. Full of passion, mysticism, and practical information, it will tap the source of your power at the depths of your soul. Through her own extraordinary life experience and her knowledge of native cultures around the world, Denise Linn reveals how you can activate ancient wisdom to become the magnificent embodiment of strength and grace—in other words, how you can become a Glorious Woman! This unusual and indispensable book will reveal: · the invisible patterns that shape a woman’s life; · how to discover the mysteries of the Goddess; · the secrets for activating radiant confidence and self-esteem; · the art of sacred sexuality and the pleasure of outrageous orgasms; · how to awaken your inner warrior woman; · how to initiate and celebrate your ecstatic life force and nurture your body and soul; and · the secrets of a shamaness’s power. Each chapter offers a rich tapestry of information, ritual, story, and meditations—a combination of timeless lore and majesty of the feminine experience. With a strong voice and powerful images relevant to women of all ages and backgrounds, this is a remarkable handbook for any Goddess-in-the-Making.




The Secrets From Your Subconscious Mind


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"Hypnoanalysis: A tested and proven system to unlock the secrets stored in your subconscious and reveal them to your conscious self. By unlocking those secrets, you will be able to overcome: Limiting or destructive behavior, unwanted feelings, and intrusive, repetitive, useless, or guilty thoughts"--




Paris Girls Secret Society


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Three American girls from very different backgrounds arrive in Paris in the autumn of 1967 for a college year abroad: shy but brainy little Charity, from a Boston Brahmin family; gorgeous Amaleen, West Virginia nouveau riche man-killer; politically-committed Josie, from a prominent African-American family near Chicago. Unlikely roommates, their prejudices fall away as they grow into friendship, but May 1968 shatters their cozy world: the Sorbonne explodes in riots as millions of students and workers revolt and France hurtles toward chaos. The girls flee their Latin Quarter apartment, one to explore-and risk death-in the Dordogne's prehistoric caves; one to a lavish life in a Loire chateau where hidden terror lurks; one to dangerous exhilaration on the barricades. Along the way they stumble into love: tender, lustful, perverse, and sublime. In only a month they learn far more about who they are and who they want to be. For the Paris Girls Secret Society, life and love will never be the same.