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This is my account of life as a hitman from someone who has been doing it for years.
Hitmen commit heinous crimes virtually every day of the week and, in most instances, we don't even realise.
I've been a killer for hire for more than twenty years now, but life as a fulltime professional assassin has never been easy.
There have been close calls, failed attempts and a lot of looking over my shoulder.
And now, I've decided to come clean and seek...
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. For eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her apartment building and among its residents. "With bald honesty and brutal lyricism" (Elle), the anonymous author depicts her fellow Berliners in all their humanity, as well as their cravenness, corrupted first by hunger and then by the Russians. "Spare and unpredictable, minutely observed and utterly...
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An eye-opening, thought-provoking and mind-blowing account from a genuine prison governor of what it's really like behind bars.
How do you bring order to the lawless?
The Secret Prison Governor has spent decades surrounded by every type of prisoner known to man, from petty thieves and common drug dealers to crime bosses and dangerous serial killers.
Since starting as a rookie, he has experienced the reality of the UK's harsh prison system and the...
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Do you play? Are you one of us? Do you play a little? Or did you give it up? Were you found out? It might be your dirty little secret. Your only secret. Or one of many. It's not an orgy. It's not a key swapping game. It's just playing. A game. It's not just sex, it's much more than that. Lilly's life changes dramatically when she meets playboy Scott and the sex-crazy, French Lucas. This memoir explores the world of 'playing' in Sydney, through the...
5) Respuestas
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Por alguna razn decidi guardar las respuestas a las cartas que reciba de su primer amor, que no haba conocido en persona. Cerca de cincuenta aos despus, hubo un reencuentro de tinta y papel. Es de aqu en adelante que se desarrolla su nueva actividad creativa: RESPUESTAS, en las cuales se resalta el colorido y forma de expresin de su amada isla de Puerto Rico.
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“Gay Life in Paris” is a book written by Anonymous, which provides an overview of the life and culture of Paris in the 19th century. The author details the various aspects of Parisian life, such as the nightlife, dining, fashion, and social norms of the time. The book provides a window into the world of Paris in the late 1800s and is likely to be of interest to anyone interested in social history, cultural studies, or the history of Paris.
9) Rosa Bonheur
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This book is part of a series on historical female figures. It features the French painter and sculptor Rosa Bonheur. She achieved notoriety for Ploughing in the Nivernais and The Horse Fair and is widely accredited with being the best known female painter of the nineteenth century.
11) Lucy Stone
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This book is part of a series on historical female figures. It features Lucy Stone (1818 - 1893), the American abolitionist and suffragist campaigner who was the first woman in America not to adopt her husband's name upon marriage. An inspirational character.
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¿Quién es el ciclista y secreto y por qué se oculta?
"Nuestras acciones y declaraciones públicas están tan estrechamente controladas que es imposible ser siempre honesto en cualquier entrevista, no digamos nada en un libro entero. Si no me creéis, os animo a que escribáis un blog contando todo lo que pasa en vuestro trabajo, que cuestionéis cómo se dirige la empresa, os aseguréis de llamar imbécil a vuestro jefe y que firméis con vuestro...
14) exLiCación
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Este libro es el resultado de varias explicaciones que se cruzan e interpelan a distintos agentes.
El principal es la chica que aparece ya desde el primer capítulo. Se trata de la aspiración a un amor catártico que busca la redención. Cómo aparece, qué sucede en el encuentro y qué pasa tras nuestra separación buscar ser el vehículo del resto de elementos.
La segunda explicación pretende ser una réplica al nudo central de los argumentos...
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The most f**ked up memoir you'll ever read. A foul-mouthed memoir about a dysfunctional life. Each chapter recounts a key moment in the author's life through the books she was reading at the time including:
• Howard's End, the only text she had read whilst engaging in sexual intercourse.
• The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, which she had in her bag while on holiday in Tangier when a market trader offered her to buy her from her mother for 30...
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They're perfect. In fact, they're someone you could see yourself spending the rest of your life with. A decent person with a good job or business in search of a good, honest partner to settle down with. You or someone you know may be dating this person online right now. However, be warned. Things aren't what they appear to be. In reality, you're talking to a criminal sitting in a cyber cafe or on their bed with a well rehearsed script they've used...
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The remarkable true document that is The Mistress Contract opens with a piece of paper that was signed in 1981 by a woman and her wealthy lover. The contract establishes an exchange that she thinks fair: If he will provide an adequate and separate home for her and cover her expenses, she will provide him with "mistress services": "All sexual acts as requested, with suspension of historical, emotional, psychological disclaimers." For the duration of...
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