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Since marijuana became legal in many states, people of all ages are using it for pain relief and treatment of a variety of illnesses and ailments. But is it safe? In this comprehensive book, renowned psychiatrist and licensed prescriber of medical marijuana Dr. Rebecca Siegel delivers the most complete guide yet about the benefits and risks of using marijuana today. Based on the latest scientific research, this easy-to-read book busts all the myths...
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Finally, the origin of Lt. Starbuck can be told! Battlestar Galactica's roguish Viper pilot, unbeatable gambler, and notorious womanizer has always been a mystery. How did he wind up a feral child on the planet Umbra, and when did he first fight Cylons alongside Commander Adama? What early adventures solidified his friendship with Apollo, and how will Starbuck react once he discovers the identity of the traitor responsible for destroying his family?...
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Just when David Wosniak decides to finally take control of his life, this eternal 42-year-old teenager discovers that he's the biological father of 533 children. Suddenly, his life is much more complicated that he anticipated.
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David Wosniak (Patrick Huard), a 42 year-old lovable but perpetual screw-up, finally decides to take control of his life. A habitual sperm donor in his youth, he discovers that he's the biological father of 533 children, 142 of whom are trying to force the fertility clinic to reveal the true identity of the prolific donor code-named Starbuck.
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Starbucks is now a part of our daily lives. Like McDonald's, its 22,000 coffeehouses present in 67 countries have made it a recognizable symbol of globalization. This investigative report explores the brand's appeal, what made its success and reveals the coffee giant's dark underside.
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Legendary legal scholar Staughton Lynd teams up with influential labor organizer Daniel Gross in this exposition on solidarity unionism, the do-it-yourself workplace organizing system that is rapidly gaining prominence around the country and around the world. Lynd and Gross make the audacious argument that workers themselves on the shop floor, not outside union officials, are the real hope for labor's future. Utilizing the principles of solidarity...
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Poor and destitute, he grew up in Brooklyn, New York in the 1960s. His father sustained an injury at work and was laid off without health insurance. Getting by during his darkest days, he managed to get a basketball scholarship to Northern Michigan University. Driven to perform and harboring a talent for showmanship, he moved to Seattle and began selling coffee beans for Starbucks Coffee. It was not long after that he bought the company, and the rest...
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High Noon at Starbucks is an eloquent and compelling exploration of human particularity in diverse cultural settings: the author's hometown of Melbourne, Trumpite Florida, posthandover Hong Kong, and Switzerland. Its themes include midlife experience, identity, mental and physical illness, gender, colonialism and the Holocaust. Whether comic, tragic or tragicomic, these stories are pervasively concerned with the complexities of the moral life. Their...
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Here is a devastating, hilarious satire of coffee-swilling, celebrity-obsessed Southern California pop culture by one of the freshest new voices in fiction. Morgan Beale has a celebutante, masochist wife and a home being renovated. He begins adapting the latest bestseller, The Chihuahua in the Blue Prada Bag, from a local hotel room. Dodging the paparazzi one morning on his way to Starbucks, he discovers the surreal otherworld of Starbucks Nation,...
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Nathan For You volume 5
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Nathan uses parody law to help a struggling coffee shop.
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Vin Baker, an NBA all-star, Olympic gold medalist, and clean-cut preacher's son, harbored a dark secret: a dependence on drugs and alcohol that began shortly after he turned pro. Eventually becoming a full-blown yet functional alcoholic, Vin convinced himself that he played better under the influence-until his addiction cost him his basketball career, his fortune, and his health.
But Vin's story isn't a tragic fall from grace. It is an enthralling...
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Our favorite rodeo cowboy is back. When Hawkeye Starbuck stopped to water his horse at a mountain stream, a woman screamed. He ran to help her. That began a dance that waltzed them clear across the Basin. Whether it was rescuing old used-up horses that a blackhearted rancher had locked out to starve or chasing after a cry for help, he is more good-hearted than good-timin! Yet it seldom turned out how he had planned.
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Meet Hawkeye Starbuck, a stubborn, easygoing rodeo cowboy with a heart of gold. When he learns that his friend Big Sade and her band of strumpets have fled Pistol Springs in terror, he quickly recruits his old friend, the Harpie, to roar after them deep in the dark woods of the Lochsa country. They are on unfriendly ground, but Hawkeye is determined to set things right.
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Have you ever awkwardly tried to place an order at Starbucks. Maybe you weren't sure about what the drinks were or how to pronounce them. Or maybe you're a Starbucks pro and you would just like some drink recommendations. Whatever the case, Kenneth Brown draws upon his years as a Starbucks store manager to answer the questions that he heard from customers on a daily basis... What drinks do you recommend? How much caffeine is in my drink? Is that a...
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More than ever, Christians are bombarded with tough faith questions from their pluralistic friends and neighbors. Many of these emerge as "anti-truth claims" and slogans we are all familiar with: • Why not just look out for yourself? • Do what you want--just as long as you don't hurt anyone • Miracles violate the laws of nature • Aren't people born gay? Paul Copan has been answering questions like these for many years. In When God Goes to...
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From the creators of the eponymous viral Tumblr comes a single day with your favorite authors in one Twilight-Zone-esque Starbucks...
Ever wonder which intricate, elaborately-named drinks might be consumed if your favorite authors and characters wandered into a Starbucks? How many pumpkin lattes J.K. Rowling would drink? Or, if Cormac McCarthy needed caffeine, which latte would be laconic enough? Look no further; LITERARY STARBUCKS explores such...
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You already know the Starbucks story. Since 1992, its stock has risen a staggering 5,000 percent! The genius of Starbucks's success lies in its ability to create personalized customer experiences, stimulate business growth, generate profits, energize employees, and secure customer loyalty-all at the same time.
The Starbucks Experience contains a robust blend of home-brewed ingenuity and people-driven philosophies that have made Starbucks one of the...