Anara Guard
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Like A Complete Unknown
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2022
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Remedies for Hunger
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2014
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What If a Stranger Approaches You?
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What If There Is a Fire?
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2011
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What If You Need To Call 911?
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What If You Get Lost?
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Hand on My Heart
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2019
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The Sound of One Body: Stories
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2010
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Danger Zone
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2011
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Violence and Teen Pregnancy: A Resource Guide for Mch Practitioners
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2003
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Oh, dear. I came into this read without knowing anything about the book or author. And what a fun premise! Could there be a happily ever after "between an undertaker's daughter and her ghost"? Well, actually, the relationship is much more complicated ...more | |
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I worked in the field of suicide prevention for many years and this important memoir is unique in that it focuses as much attention on how he got better as it does on the drama of his depression and suicidality. Taking one’s one life is inherently dr ...more | |
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I've been thinking lately about hitch-hiking, remembering times when I stuck out my thumb or picked up a stranger from the side of the road (in my Volkswagen Bug, of course!) On a trip from Minnesota to Vermont, that same Bug broke down in every sing ...more | |

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. ... No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others”
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“Verbose is not a synonym for literary.”
― Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose
― Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose

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