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Mitch Albom
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English
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Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded,...
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English
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Eleven-year-old Nico Crispi never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading towards "the east" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the...
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English
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When an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy, Albom goes back to his roots and becomes involved with a Detroit paster, a reformed drug dealer and convict, who preaches to the poor and homeless. A timely, inspiring look at not just who believes, but why.
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English
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Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination. It's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers....
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English
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Given one last chance at redemption, Father Time, the inventor of the world's first clock, must teach two earthly people the true meaning of time--a journey that leads him to a teenage girl who is about to give up on life and a wealthy businessman who wants to live forever.
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English
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Takes readers on a journey both of individual healing and society's response to the question of life after life, follows a single father just released from prison as he sets out to prove that the mysterious calls from beyond to the residents of Coldwater, Michigan are nothing but a hoax.
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English
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"Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to The Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Albom operates in Port Au Prince. With no children of their own, the forty-plus children who live, play, and go to school at the orphanage have become family to Mitch and his wife, Janine....
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English
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The voice of Music narrates the tale of its most beloved disciple, young Frankie Presto, a war orphan raised by a blind music teacher in a small Spanish town. At nine years old, Frankie is sent to America in the bottom of a boat. His only possession is an old guitar and six precious strings. But Frankie's talent is touched by the gods, and his amazing journey weaves him through the musical landscape of the 20th century, from classical to jazz to rock...
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HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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In this enchanting sequel to the number one bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie's heavenly reunion with Annie—the little girl he saved on earth—in an unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect.
Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom's beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran- turned-amusement
...12) Por un dia mas
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FonoLibro Inc
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Español
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FonoLibro se enorgullece en presentar el bestseller "Por un día más" de Mitch Albom, autor de los bestseller número uno en el New York Times, "Las cinco personas que encontrarás en el cielo" y "Martes con mi viejo profesor."
Por un día más es la historia de una relación entre una madre y un hijo que dura toda una vida y mucho más. Explora la siguiente pregunta: ¿Qué harías tú si pudieras pasar un día más con un ser querido que
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Recounts the remarkable story of University of Michigan basketball players Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Juan Howard, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson, and chronicles their success in the NCAA tournaments of 1992 and 1993.
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Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2003.
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English
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Eddie es un veterano de guerra herido, un anciano que, en su opinión, ha vivido una vida sin inspiración. Su trabajo consiste en arreglar atracciones en un parque de atracciones junto al mar. En su 83 cumpleaños, un trágico accidente lo mata mientras intenta salvar a una niña de la caída de un carro. Despierta en el más allá, donde aprende que el cielo no es un destino. Es un lugar donde cinco personas te explican tu vida, algunas de las cuales...
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[Heaven] volume 2
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"In this enchanting sequel to the number one bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tells the story of Eddie's heavenly reunion with Annie--the little girl he saved on earth--in an unforgettable novel of how our lives and losses intersect. Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom's beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran- turned-amusement park mechanic who died saving...
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Publisher
Maeva
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
Español
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En la primavera de 1995, el azar se encargó de reunir de nuevo a Mitch Albom, con Morrie Schwartz, quien había sido su maestro preferido en la Universidad y que padece una enfermedad terminal. He aquí el testimonio de esta entrañable relación y de las lecciones de esperanza, amor y solidaridad que Morrie le transmitió en el ocaso de su vida.
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Hallmark Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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Eddie is an eighty-three-year-old war veteran. He spends his days maintaining the rides at Ruby Pier, a seaside amusement park. Now Eddie's own life is about to come to an end. One morning, an accident occurs on one of the rides. In front of a horrified crowd, Eddie attempts to save the five-year-old's life. The last thing he sees is the little girl's frightened face, the last thing he feels is the child's hands in his. Then, a blinding flash of light...