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Discover Aly Raisman's inspiring story of dedication, perseverance, and learning to think positive even in the toughest times on her path to gold medal success in two Olympic Games--and beyond.
Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy & me" gymnastics class. No one could have predicted then that sixteen years later, she'd be standing on an Olympic podium, having achieved her dreams.
Aly's road to success was full...
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I met Sarah Kate Erickson when I was twenty-one years old. I was lucky enough to keep her for seven years before a tragic accident stole her from me. She didn't die, but sometimes I think it would have been easier if she had. I lived in a haze for those four years after the accident. Catering to her every need, even though she hated the very sight of my face. I tried to hold on to her and the future that we were supposed to build together. But you...
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Can you open yourself to the possibility of an Infinite Loving Intelligence guiding and orchestrating this whole universe? Can you LISTEN to the wisdom of your divine body? Can you ALLOW the wisdom of your divine emotions? Can you RECEIVE the divine wisdom of your conscious and unconscious mind? Can you TRUST in the divine wisdom of your soul? These are difficult questions, yet in 2007, Mounina Bouna Aly had to seek answers as MS came into her life...
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Little Bee Books, an imprint of Bonnier Publishing Group
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2015.
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A little penguin spends his day doing everything he loves, including eating pancakes, playing with his toys, and drinking hot chocolate, but the thing he loves the most is kisses and cuddles from his mother.
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We live in an alternate universe. My husband sacrificed himself to save me from alien enemies entering our solar system. Saving me left him in a vegetable state. This is my second jump into the alternate universe to pick up another part of his soul. My last mission was successful. He regained some of his strength but not enough for him to open his eyes. No other scientist has traveled to other dimensions, except military volunteers. They told me to...
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A provocative and insightful analysis that sheds new light on one of the most puzzling and historically unsettling conundrums.
Why the Germans? Why the Jews? Countless historians have grappled with these questions, but few have come up with answers as original and insightful as those of maverick German historian Götz Aly. Tracing the prehistory of the Holocaust from the 1800s to the Nazis' assumption of power in 1933, Aly shows that German anti-Semitism...
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A stunning account of the economic workings of the Third Reich-and the reasons ordinary Germans supported the Nazi state
In this groundbreaking book, historian Götz Aly addresses one of modern history's greatest conundrums: How did Hitler win the allegiance of ordinary Germans? The answer is as shocking as it is persuasive: by engaging in a campaign of theft on an almost unimaginable scale-and by channeling the proceeds into generous social programs-Hitler...
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A generous feat of biographical sleuthing by an acclaimed historian rescues one child victim of the Holocaust from oblivion.
When the German Remembrance Foundation established a prize to commemorate the million Jewish children murdered during the Holocaust, it was deliberately named after a victim about whom nothing was known except her age and the date of her deportation: Marion Samuel, an eleven-year-old girl killed in Auschwitz in 1943. Sixty-years...
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A whimsical collection of nine tales to chill your spine and tickle your funny bone. These are not your typical bedtime stories. From "Alpha" to "Omega," everybody wants to make sense of their world.
To find a place to belong.
To connect.
What could be scarier than that?
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Feiwel and Friends
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2023.
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Dive into the world of Alvin the submersible in The Last Unexplored Place on on Earth, as award winning journalist Aly Brown shares the stories of what lies beneath the waves, including lost hydrogen bombs, underwater volcanoes, storied shipwrecks, and hundreds of new species.
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Gold Medal Families volume 6
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After a turbulent few weeks following the replacement of his head coach, Sean Grieshop travels to Atlanta to compete in The Classic.
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Gold Medal Families volume 1
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Extraordinary athletes and their families sacrifice everything for their dreams of glory. Gold Medal Gymnast Aly Raisman, divers Steele Johnson and Jordan Windle, boxer Jajaira Gonzalez, and swimmer Sean Grieshop.
13) The Shadow Glass
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A young student to England's greatest occultist learns her real father is in league with the devil. When Rose finds out that the man who raised her isn't her father, she ignores his warnings about the terrible secrets of her own past and seeks answers from childhood teacher Dr. John Dee, the queen's occult advisor.
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Gold Medal Families volume 7
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Nastasya competes at the Olympic trials for a chance to go to Rio, while Jajaira looks to the future. Steele's coach devises a new game plan for synchro and Jordan's coach delivers some bad news.
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Gold Medal Families volume 2
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Nastasya Generalova pursues her goal of becoming the first woman of color in rhythmic gymnastics. Meanwhile, diver Steele Johnson is injured during practice, leaving his family to question if he will even make it to the Olympic trials.
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Gold Medal Families volume 4
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With her entire family present, Gymnast Aly Raisman heads to Hartford to compete in the Classic, where she will have to prove to Marta Karolyi that she has what it takes to bring home gold in Rio.
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Gold Medal Families volume 5
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After a devastating fall on the uneven bars, Gold Medalist Aly Raisman brushes herself off and attempts to win the All-Round in Hartford.
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Gold Medal Families volume 3
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As Diver Steele Johnson continues to mend from a recent triceps injury, his family turns to their faith for guidance. Boxer Jajaira Gonzalez focuses on losing 6 pounds before her Olympic Trials fight in just 2 weeks.
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Gold Medal Families volume 8
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With the Olympic Trials looming, Jordan is still struggling to come to terms with the recent dissolution of his relationship with his synchro partner.
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Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me. Lies. Words destroyed me. "I'm sorry. She didn't make it." "Daddy, he can't breathe!" "There's nothing more we can do for your son." Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me. More lies. Those syllables and letters became my executioner. I told myself that, if I didn't acknowledge the pain and the fear, they would have no power over me. But, as the years...