In November 2014 thirteen members of the Biden family gathered on Nantucket for Thanksgiving a tradition they had been celebrating for the past forty years; it was the one constant in what had become a hectic scrutinized & overscheduled life The Thanksgiving holiday was a time to connect a time to reflect on what the year had brought & what the future might hold But this year felt different from all those that had come before Joe & Jill Biden's eldest son Beau had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor fifteen months earlier & his survival was uncertain Promise me Dad Beau had told his father Give me your word that no matter what happens you're going to be all right Joe Biden gave him his word Promise Me Dad chronicles the year that followed which would be the most momentous & challenging in Joe Biden's extraordinary life & career Vice President Biden traveled more than a hundred thousand miles that year across the world dealing with crises in Ukraine Central America & Iraq When a call came from New York or Capitol Hill or Kyiv or Baghdad-Joe I need your help-he responded For twelve months while Beau fought for & then lost his life the vice president balanced the twin imperatives of living up to his responsibilities to his country & his responsibilities to his family & never far away was the insistent & urgent question of whether he should seek the presidency in 2016 The year brought real triumph & accomplishment & wrenching pain But even in the worst times Biden was able to lean on the strength of his long deep bonds with his family on his faith & on his deepening friendship with the man in the Oval Office Barack Obama Writing with poignancy & immediacy Joe Biden allows readers to feel the urgency of each moment to experience the days when he felt unable to move forward as well as the days when he felt like he could not afford to stop This is a book written not just by the vice president but by a father grandfather friend & husband Promise Me Dad is a story of how family & friendships sustain us & how hope purpose & action can guide us through the pain of personal loss into the light of a new future ...

A broken promise reveals a terrifying legacy in this electrifying novel from the New York Times bestselling author of When All the Girls Have Gone A painter of fiery nightmarish visions throws herself into the sea
- but she leaves her secrets behind Seattle gallery owner Virginia Troy has spent years battling the demons that stem from her childhood time in a cult & the night a fire burned through the compound killing her mother & now one of her artists has taken her own life but not before sending Virginia a last picture a painting that makes Virginia doubt everything about the so-called suicide
- & her own past Like Virginia private investigator Cabot Sutter was one of the children in the cult who survived that fire & only he can help her now As they struggle to unravel the clues in the painting it becomes clear that someone thinks Virginia knows more than she does & that she must be stopped Thrown into an inferno of desire & deception Virginia & Cabot draw ever closer to the mystery of their shared memories
- & the shocking fate of the one man who still wields the power to destroy everything they hold dear A suspenseful read full of twists & with the darkest of secrets at its heart this is perfect for fans of Nora Roberts or Sandra Brown


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Winner of the David Gemmell Morningstar Award Promise of Blood is the explosive first novel in the most action-packed & acclaimed new fantasy series in years It's a bloody business overthrowing a king Now amid the chaos a whispered rumour is spreading A rumour about a broken promise omens of death & the gods returning to walk the earth No one really believes these whispers Perhaps they should' Just plain awesome Innovative magic quick-paced plot interesting world I had a blast' Brandon Sanderson' Gunpowder & magic An explosive combination' Peter Brett' Brings a welcome breath of gunpowder-tinged air to epic fantasy' Anthony Ryan' Tense action memorable characters rising stakes Brian Mc Clellan is the real thing' Brent Weeks The Powder Mage trilogy Promise of Blood The Crimson Campaign The Autumn Republic The Gods of Blood & Powder series Sins of Empire Wrath of Empire ...

An epic saga of Israel's early years that Tom Brokaw calls'a riveting novel that picks up where Exodus left off' The first novel in a planned trilogy 416 pages Fletcher Martin ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In Promised Land Matt Damon stars as Steve Butler a corporate salesman whose journey from farm boy to big-time player takes an unexpected detour when he lands in a small town where he grapples with a surprising array of both open hearts & closed doors Gus Van Sant helms the film from an original screenplay written by John Krasinski & Matt Damon from a story by Dave Eggers Steve has been dispatched to the rural town of Mc Kinley with his sales partner Sue Thomason (Academy Award winner Frances Mc Dormand) The town has been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years & the two consummate sales executives see Mc Kinley&s citizens as likely to accept their company&s offer
- for drilling rights to their properties
- as much-needed relief What seems like an easy job & a short stay for the duo becomes complicated
- professionally by calls for community-wide consideration of the offer by respected schoolteacher Frank Yates (Academy Award nominee Hal Holbrook) & personally by Steve&s encounter with Alice (Rosemarie De Witt) When Dustin Noble (John Krasinski) a slick environmental activist arrives suddenly the stakes both personal & professional rise to the boiling point Actors Matt Damon John Krasinski Frances Mc Dormand Rosemarie De Witt & Hal Holbrook Director Gus Van Sant Certificate 15 years & over Year 2012 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English Additional Languages German ; Spanish ; Brazilian Portuguese Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; German ; Spanish ; Brazilian Portuguese ; Cantonese ; Latin American Spanish ; Thai ; Traditional Mandarin Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 42 minutes (approx)


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Tracklist Push & Pull (All The Time) She Takes Me There Otherworldly Pleasures Through The Seasons Dialogue Oppression Golden Child Canfield Drive Better Company Northern Country Scene ...

Millie Acevedo bore her first child before the age of 16 & dropped out of high school to care for her newborn Now 27 she is the unmarried mother of three & is raising her kids in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods Would she & her children be better off if she had waited to have them & had married their father first? Why do so many poor American youth like Millie continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? Over a span of five years sociologists Kathryn Edin & Maria Kefalas talked in-depth with 162 low-income single moms like Millie to learn how they think about marriage & family Promises I Can Keep offers an intimate look at what marriage & motherhood mean to these women & provides the most extensive on-the-ground study to date of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead ...

Created by the continuous feedback of a "student-tested faculty-approved" process PROMO 2e delivers a visually appealing succinct print component tear-out review cards for students & instructors & a consistent online offering with Course Mate that

Includes:: an e Book in addition to a set of interactive digital tools all at a value-based price & proven to increase retention & outcomes PROMO 2e is written in a concise style with plenty of real-world examples to illustrate the concepts of promotion & give students a glimpse into the industry & the challenges it faces

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This attractive & accessible textbook analyses & examines the policies services & practice skills needed for collaborative effective & equitable work with children 312 pages No ...

A war of wills takes place between two men who want to run the same grocery store in this offbeat comedy from writer & director Steven Conrad Doug (Seann William Scott) is a seemingly ordinary guy who works as the assistant manager of a supermarket near Chicago When the owners of the market announce they're opening a new branch near Doug's neighborhood he applies to become manager of the new store & both he & his wife (Jenna Fischer) assume he's a shoo-in to get the job But Richard (John C Reilly) a gregarious recent hire at the store who has relocated to Illinois from Canada announces he's also applying for the management position & a keen rivalry develops between Doug & Richard even as they strive to act like friends on the surface As the competition grows between the two their personality flaws become increasingly evident -- Doug's short temper Richard's history of drug abuse -- & when Richard's wife (Lili Taylor) leaves him the contest starts taking an uncomfortable turn ...