From Prison to Palace
Автор: Cat Williams
Год издания: 0000
International author, police officer and consultant Cat Williams was, in her younger days, voted most likely to end up in prison. After her expulsion from an exclusive girls' boarding school, Cat was angry and borderline neurotic. She veered off the rails and when arrested by the local police, she joked that she would make a better copper than the officers who had locked her up. This is a humorous true story of triumph over adversity and follows the author on her journey from a junior police officer in London to working as a royalty protection officer at Buckingham Palace. You will learn: – How to overcome adversity without losing your sense of humour – Strategies to persevere in the face of considerable odds – Ways to overcome your fear of failure – How to turn your vulnerability into strength – Why it's important to take responsibility for the direction of your life – The secrets to stop procrastinating and take action – Tips to finding your true passion in life Find your passion and take control of your life today! 20% of the profits of this book will be donated to The Harry Perkins Institute for Cancer Research.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Автор: Дж. К. Роулинг
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"'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go.'"
When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run – and they say he is coming after Harry. In his first ever Divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry's tea leaves… But perhaps most terrifying of all are the Dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss…
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Imprisoned with the Pharohs
Автор: Говард Филлипс Лавкрафт
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The narrative tells a fictionalized account in the first-person perspective of an allegedly true experience of escape artist Harry Houdini. Set in 1910, in Egypt, Houdini finds himself kidnapped by a tour guide, who resembles an ancient pharaoh, and thrown down a deep hole near the Great Sphinx of Giza. While attempting to find his way out, he stumbles upon a gigantic ceremonial cavern and encounters the real-life deity that inspired the building of the Sphinx.
The third report of the Committee of the society for the improvement of prison discipline and for the reformation of juvenile offenders
Автор: Группа авторов
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Полный вариант заголовка: «The third report of the Committee of the society for the improvement of prison discipline and for the reformation of juvenile offenders : 1821 : with an appendix».
Des lettres de сachet et des prisons d'etat. Pt. 2
Автор: Группа авторов
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Les lettres de сachet et des prisons d'etat : 2 Pt. Des prisons d'etat : Ouvrage posthume, compose en 1778».