Jim Burke
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John Wilson arrives for the birthday party of Ellen Rackley. Straight away, he senses that things are not as they should be in the mansion where she lives. She is reluctant at first to tell him that something is wrong but very soon changes her mind. The discovery of an old diary belonging to an ancestor of Ellen tells of a strange meeting in the woods in Moldova. John and Ellen embark on a strange journey.
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Filled with regret over the life he led, John Hughes dies in hospital and meets Rainbow, an angel in the spirit world. He listens as the angel points out to John where he went wrong in life. John is given an amazing chance to live again for a short while under a new identity. He accepts and searches for what eluded him the first time around.
5) Walt Whitman
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An illustrated collection of twenty-six poems and excerpts from longer poems by the renowned nineteenth-century poet.
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Matt King is an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
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Who ever heard of a shoeshine girl? The last thing Sarah Ida wants to do is spend the summer with her Aunt Claudia. But when her parents send her away because of problems at home, that is exactly what she has to do. With no allowance and no fun to be had, Sarah Ida decides to look for a job. But who will hire a ten year old? Al, the shoeshine man, will! Sarah loves her job, even if it means getting knee-deep in shoe polish everyday. Then something...