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    One Night in the Call Center

    ONE NIGHT @ THE CALL CENTER —CHETAN BHAGAT [Typeset by: Arun K Gupta] This is someway my story. A great fun, inspirational One! Before you begin this book, I have a small request. Right here, note down three things. Write down something that i) you fear, ii) makes you angry and iii) you don’t like about yourself. Be honest, and write something that is meaningful to you. Do not think too much about why I am asking you to do this. Just do it. One thing I fear: __________________________________

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    Mathematical Circles

    Titles in the series Stories about Maxima and Minima: v.M. Tikhomirov Fixed Points: Yll. A. Shashkin Mathematics and Sports: L.E. Sadovskii & AL Sadovskii Intuitive Topology: V. V. Prasolov Groups and Symmetry: A Guide to Discovering Mathematics: David W. Farmer Knots and Surfaces: A Guide to Discovering Mathematics: David W. Farmer & Theodore B. Stanford Mathematical Circles (Russian Experience): Dmitri Fomin, Sergey Genkin & Ilia Itellberg A Primer of Mathematical Writing: Steven G. Krantz Techniques

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    The Casual Vacancy

    Also by J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (in Latin) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (in Welsh, Ancient Greek and Irish) Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Fantastic Beasts and Where to

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    Effis

    1 EFFI BRIEST Theodor Fontane 1895 TRANSLATED AND ABRIDGED BY WILLIAM A. COOPER, A.M. Associate Professor of German, Leland Stanford Jr. University CHAPTER I 2 CHAPTER I In front of the old manor house occupied by the von Briest family since the days of Elector George William, the bright sunshine was pouring down upon the village road, at the quiet hour of noon. The wing of the mansion looking toward the garden and park cast its broad shadow over a white and green checkered tile walk

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    The Kite Runner

    THE  KITE   RUNNER     by  KHALED  HOSSEINI         Published  2003     Afghan  Mellat  Online  Library   www.afghan-­‐mellat.org.uk                               _December  2001_   I  became  what  I  am  today  at  the  age  of  twelve,  on  a  frigid  overcast  day  in  the   winter  of

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    The Lucky One Ebook

    The Lucky One - Nicholas Spark CONTENTS l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter

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    Fifty Shades

    First published by The Writer’s Coffee Shop, 2011 Copyright © E L James, 2011 The right of E L James to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her under the Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced, copied, scanned, stored in a retrieval system, recorded or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher. This book

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    Abstract

    Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston. After being orphaned at age two, he was taken into the home of a childless couple–John Allan, a successful businessman in Richmond, Va., and his wife. Allan was believed to be Poe’s godfather. At age six, Poe went to England with the Allans and was enrolled in schools there. After he returned with the Allans to the U.S. in 1820, he studied at private schools, then attended the University of Virginia and the U.S. Military

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    Geiziji

    FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHIES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND ALBERT EINSTEIN, THIS IS THE EXCLUSIVE BIOGRAPHY OF STEVE JOBS. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive

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    English

    watch, wrist watch 表, 手表 watch band 表带 watch chain 表链 clock 钟 alarm clock 闹钟 electric clock 电钟 umbrella 雨伞 parasol, sun umbrella 阳伞 knapsack 背包 handbag 女手提包 briefcase, portfolio 公事包 travelling bag 旅行包 suitcase 手提箱 trunk 大衣箱 magnifying glass 放大镜 binoculares 望远镜 hot-water bottle 热水袋 smoking set 烟具 lighter 打火机 jewelry, jewels 首饰, 珠宝 jewel case 首饰盒

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