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Wishful Thinking: A Seeker's ABC
A kind of "mongrel litter" by way of Pascal, Voltaire, and Ambrose Bierce, this theological run through the alphabet goes from Abraham and Agnostic straight through to YWHW and Zaccheus--the tax collector who shimmied up the tree on Palm Sunday to get a good look at Jesus. In between we get a heady brew of humor and wisdom. On Anger, for example, Buechner writes: "Of the seven deadly sins, anger is possibly the most fun.... In many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you." Or this, on wine: "Unfermented grape juice is a bland and pleasant drink ... [but] it is a ghastly symbol of the life blood of Jesus Christ, especially when served in individual antiseptic, thimble-sized glasses. Wine is booze, which means it is dangerous and drunk-making. It makes the timid brave and the reserved amorous. It loosens the tongue and breaks the ice especially when served in a loving cup. It kills germs. As symbols go, it is a rather splendid one." And the book's title? Find it under "W": "Christianity is mainly wishful thinking.... Sometimes wishing is the wings the truth comes on. Sometimes the truth is what sets us wishing for it." --Doug Thorpe.
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New York Giants: 2008 Super Bowl Champions
By defeating the previously unbeaten New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, the New York Giants pulled off one of the greatest upsets in the history of sports. Blue Miracle: New York Giants 2008 Super Bowl Champions provides readers a complete picture of the Giants 2007 season and the team s third championship. This unique collectible book features the championship celebration in New York City, including the ticker tape parade down Broadway. Filled with quality color images from the award-winning Daily News photographers, the book highlights all the key games and significant turning points from the regular season, including losses in Weeks 1 and 2 to the Cowboys and Packers, the team s six-game win streak to right the ship, key road wins down the stretch against the Lions, Bears, Eagles, and Bills, and a much-publicized home defeat to close the season against the Patriots, the Giants eventual Super Bowl opponent. From training camp in Albany through the celebration on Broadway, the Daily News was there to capture it all. Blue Miracle: New York Giants 2008 Super Bowl Champions is the perfect collectible to celebrate New York s latest sporting triumph..
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Hannah Montana #16: Wishful Thinking (Hannah Montana)
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Miley Stewart looks like a regular girl-next-door, but when the lights go down, Miley is teen pop sensation Hannah Montana! Off stage, Miley wants her life to be as normal as possible, so only a few people know the truth about her dual identity But keeping that secret is harder than Miley ever thought it would be. Hannah Montana #16: Wishful Thinking
When Miley turns down a date with Jesse McCartney because she has to finish a science project, she wishes on a shooting star that she could be Hannah Montana all the time. The next morning, Miley wakes up to a world where she's waited on hand and foot, doesn't have to worry about school, and is dating Jesse! But not only has Miley's world changed, so have her family and friends. She has a new stepmom, Jackson is never around, and Lilly and Oliver don't even know her beyond her celebrity billboard. Can things ever go back to the way they were? Plus, Hannah Montana heads to the White House to sing for the President! .
Price: $4.99
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Let's Find Pokémon! Fire Red Leaf Green (Pokémon)
All your favorite Pok - mon are hidden in different places--Professor Oak's House, Pewter City Gym, even the skies!! Can you spot them in the crowd? Gotta catch 'em all, but you have to find them first!.
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Wishful Thinking #2 (Benjamin Bartholomew Piff)
Benjamin Bartholomew Piff thought all of his wishes had finally come truehes traded in his soggy cot at Pinchs Home for Wayward Boys for a Feathered Funicula at the Wishworks Factory. Hes even been named manager of Kids Birthday Wishes (ages 312)and he cant wait to settle in to his new (and improved!) life. But when Ben slips briefly and reveals his identity, his spoiled cousin Penelope Piff figures out his new job. She quickly learns how to get in on the sweet life of magic, but her wishes are anything but sugar and spice and everything nice. This is one Penny that brings nothing but bad luck! Will Ben and his friends be able to save Candlewick and the Wishworks Factory from Pennys conniving clutchesbefore she destroys it completely?.
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The Ghost with Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful Thinking and the Search for Lost Species
“A thoughtful examination of the machinery of extinction . . . By turns harrowing and elegiac, thrilling and informative ” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesThree or four times an hour, eighty or more times a day, a unique species of plant or animal vanishes forever. And yet, every so often one of these lost species resurfaces. “Having adventures most of us can only dream about” ( The Times-Picayune), Scott Weidensaul pursues stories of loss and recovery, of endurance against the odds, and of surprising resurrections. .
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Wishful Thinking
Georgie: gorgeous, glamorous and successful But her bank balance is a molehill and her credit card bill a mountain Lin: the gap between her dreams and reality is as wide as the Grand Canyon — not ideal when you’re a single mother. Cookie: smart and sassy, but all too aware that fairy tales don’t happen for those not heroine-shaped. For these three women life just isn’t turning out as planned. But when they decide to take charge of their lives, they rapidly discover that where there’s a wish, there’s a way. Especially with a little help from your friends….
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