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1984 isn't just a novel; it's a key to understanding the modern world. George Orwell's final work is a treasure chest of ideas and memes - Big Brother, the Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, 2+2=5 - that gain potency with every year. Particularly in 2016, when the election of Donald Trump made it a best seller ("Ministry of Alternative Facts", anyone?).

Quirky and neurotic, Gordon B. Shoesmith is a 30-something jazz musician seeing his twelfth psychiatrist in as many years. He increasingly discovers that there is a conflict between his artist's idealism and the hard reality of life, fuelled by his ambitious journalist girlfriend, Jenny, and her disapproving parents. Gordon finds himself on an improvised, medicated roller-coaster ride of self-discovery....

A ship bearing the souls of sinful sailors drifts upon a ghostly sea. An abbey looms as the final defense between mortals and ghouls of the underworld. In the stillness of a throne room, statues stand forever frozen in a moment of terror. Monsters and men stalk their prey deep in the jungle's shadows. A rose blooms in the dead of winter, sheltered in the ruins of an ancient Scottish castle.

Are you tired of living paycheck to paycheck and longing to create lasting wealth with passive income through real estate investing? Real estate investment could be the solution to your dreams, yet embarking on this journey alone can be daunting. That's where Real Estate Investing Genius: The Complete Beginner's Guide to Building Wealth and Passive Income Through Real Estate Investing steps into revolutionize your life!

Do you want to create your own garden but hesitate because you don’t have a big backyard? Are you looking for ways to enjoy gardening as a hobby but have no idea where to start or how to arm yourself with fundamental gardening knowledge? If you said yes to any of the questions above, you’ve come to the right place.

This seasonal addition to the Reformed Expository Commentary series presents twelve biblically and theologically grounded Christmas messages, as the authors explore the canonical teaching on the birth of Jesus Christ in the gospels of Matthew, Luke, and John. As a sample of the exposition found in the series, this volume is accessible to both pastors and lay audiences. Each commentary gives careful attention to the biblical text, is doctrinally Reformed, focuses on Christ through the lens of redemptive history, and applies the Bible to our contemporary setting.

Dorian Lynskey investiga las influencias que confluyeron en la escritura de 1984, desde las experiencias de Orwell en la Guerra Civil española y en el Londres de la guerra hasta su fascinación por la ficción utópica y distópica. Lynskey explora el fenómeno en que se convirtió la novela cuando se publicó por primera vez en 1949 y las formas cambiantes en que se ha leído desde entonces, revelando cómo la historia puede orientar a la ficción y cómo la ficción puede influir en la historia.

As soon as he graduated high school, Wink jumped head first into the drug game. He hardened his heart and did whatever he had to in order to rise through the ranks. In The Good Life Part 2, Wink takes things to the next level. His father plugs him in with a cocaine pipeline from prison. Soon, Wink is at the top of his game, handling enough cocaine to supply the entire Midwest. But he will learn, just as hustlers before him have, that every run has its end.

The era is 1988, Detroit is the scene, and crack is the movement. It's a time when young black men can become self-made millionaires seemingly overnight by selling dope. The crack era has become to blacks what Prohibition was to the Italians - a time to get over! It's a time that inspires generations of street dreams.... Fresh out of high school, young Wink has but one thing on his mind - rollin' fresh. Infatuated by all the trappings of the game, Wink and his B-boy crew jump headfirst into the ills of the drug trade, determined to taste the good life.

All his life, young Saw listened to his mom tell him how much he looked like and acted like Wink, the man she claimed was his father. Wink was a hood legend who ran the city in the late '80s and early '90s. Saw’s mother is convinced that he too will end up in a cell beside his father and grandfather — both doing life in the feds.

This book is the raw account of one man's journey through a life of pure hell. From childhood innocence to the treacherous jaws of street life and beyond, this book details how he persevered and grew spiritually in the process. Starting with the very first chapter you become familiar with his struggle to rise above circumstance and the pain that came with it. If you have ever seriously questioned if you could make a change in your life, or if it was possible to turn things around, this book will provide you with the key.

The product of 20 years of thought, Work: Its Purpose, Dignity, and Transformation ennobles and motivates men and women in their labors. Providing historical background and inspiring stories of God-honoring workers, Daniel Doriani explains the Bible's teaching on the nature, glory, misery, and eventual restoration of work. You will learn what it means to be faithful at work, even in risky places, and what steps you can take to transform your workplace and the world through the reformation of work.

Whether you’re looking to have your first orgasm, learning to squirt, or hoping to turn up the heat for a partner, I <3 Orgasms is the book for you. Drawing on their over twenty years of experience teaching audiences about sexual pleasure, plus the voices of thousands of survey-takers who share their experiences in this book, sex education experts Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller help you find the pleasure they know is within your reach. In this fully revised and updated edition, they’ve crammed in even more info about the big O for aficionados and beginners alike.

Carl's Odyssey #1: The Frozen Aisle is the first book in the adventure book series about a little bulb of garlic who's lost in the grocery store and goes on an epic adventure to get back home. Follow the adventures of our hero, Carl B. Garlic, with amazing voice acting and hilarious sound effects that really bring the story to life!

Anna would have become the virtuous lady her parents had intended, but their sudden deaths leaves her orphaned and destitute and she is taken in by her godfather, a strict disciplinarian. While defiant and afraid when first disciplined, Anna soon becomes an aficionado to the art of birching and realizes she is more excited by giving than receiving. She also develops a taste for the sensual pleasures of another woman with Sally, her godfather's maid, who soon becomes submissive to Anna's lascivious desires.