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From Couch Potato to Endurance Athlete

A Portrait of a Non-Athletic Triathlete

By: Hilary JM Topper

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From Couch Potato to Endurance Athlete

A Portrait of a Non-Athletic Triathlete

By: Hilary JM Topper

For those who have ever thought they were too old or too unfit to finish a triathlon, From Couch Potato to Endurance Athlete will prove that it is never too late to compete! This is a story about overcoming life's obstacles—from injury and business trouble to grief and loss and everything in between. Hilary Topper was a 48-year-old working mother who once upon a time had practically failed high school gym class. She was working 60-plus hours a week, running a small business. Her focus was on others—her children, her aging parents, and her staff. In the meantime, her weight kept increasing, and she was unhappy with the way her life was going. She needed a change. To turn things around, she joined a gym for the first time in her life. This book will take you on Hilary's decade-long journey as she trains for and runs her first 5K, swims the aqua-blue waters of the Caribbean, cycles a hilly course in Milwaukee, learns how to run–walk her way through the New York City Marathon, and competes in her first triathlon in Sanibel, Florida. You will be right with Hilary as she narrates each experience—even a 5.5-mile swim in the murky waters of Long Island. Hilary's story will move, motivate, and inspire. You will laugh and cry as you follow her on her journey. Even if you don't start out as an endurance athlete, after reading this book, you will walk away feeling that no matter what happens, you can cross the finish line, too.

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288

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Meyer & Meyer Sport

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1782558845

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9781782558842

Dictatorship of the Dress

By: Jessica Topper

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Dictatorship of the Dress

By: Jessica Topper

As the dress-bearer for her mother’s wedding, Laney Hudson has a lot more baggage than the bulky garment bag she’s lugging from New York to Hawaii. Laney is determined to prove she’s capable of doing something right, but running chores for her mom’s fairytale nuptials is proving to be a painfully constant reminder of her own lost love. So when she’s mistaken for the bride and bumped up to first class, Laney figures some stress-free luxury is worth a harmless white lie. Until the flight crew thinks that the man sitting next to her is Laney’s groom, and her little fib turns into a hot mess. The last thing Noah Ridgewood needs is some dress-obsessed diva landing in his first-class row. En route to his Vegas bachelor party, the straight-laced software designer knows his cold feet have nothing to do with the winter weather. When a severe storm leaves them grounded in Chicago and they find themselves booked into the last available honeymoon suite, Laney and her in-flight neighbor have little choice but to get better acquainted. Now, as her bridal mission hangs in the balance, perhaps the thing Laney gets right is a second chance at love.

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369

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Penguin

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0698168305

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9780698168305

Louder Than Love

By: Jessica Topper

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Louder Than Love

By: Jessica Topper

In this powerful novel, a young librarian grieves the loss of her husband…and discovers a love that defies classification. It’s been over three years since a train accident made a widow of Katrina Lewis, sending her and her young daughter Abbey back to the suburban town of her youth…the only place that still makes sense. Lauder Lake is the perfect place to hide and heal. Recluse rocker Adrian “Digger” Graves survived the implosion of his music career, but his muse has long lain dormant. Until Kat hires him to play at her library—not on the basis of his hard rock credentials but rather, because of the obscure kids’ TV jingle he wrote years ago. In a case of mistaken identity, Adrian stumbles into the lives of Kat and her comically lovable daughter. Using tattoos as a timeline, Adrian unfurls his life for Kat. But as the courtship intensifies, it’s unclear whose past looms larger: the widow’s or the rocker’s. Will their demons ever rest, or will they break these soul mates apart?

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394

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Lunabloom Books

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1953863019

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9781953863010

Softer Than Steel

By: Jessica Topper

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Softer Than Steel

By: Jessica Topper

From the author of Louder Than Love comes a story that proves you have to find yourself before you can find love... As rock star “Riff Rotten”, Rick Rottenberg has enjoyed all the perks that fame can offer, especially now that he’s reunited with his former band mate, Adrian “Digger” Graves. But despite his success, Rick is a mess. Still reeling from the death of his wife years ago and terrified his demons will end his career, he agrees to seek help for his anxiety. The last place he expects to find sanctuary is in a yoga studio - especially one that he discovers was a former Jewish synagogue on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Burned by a musician in the past, Sidra Sullivan has closed her heart to love. So when Rick walks into her yoga studio, she wants nothing to do with him – until the hard rocker shows an unexpected soft side. As Sidra and Rick work through their painful pasts, they realize just how strongly opposites can attract. Rick begins to re-awaken parts of his Jewish faith he thought long buried, and Sidra comes to terms with family dynamics out of her control. But when a crisis threatens the delicate balance they’ve forged, they’ll discover if their connection is strong enough to weather another storm or just too broken to survive…

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415

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Lunabloom Books

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1953863051

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9781953863058

A Solitary Smile

By: David R. Topper

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A Solitary Smile

By: David R. Topper

There are a gazillion non-fictional books about Albert Einstein. On the fictional side, he is a character in movies, plays, and operas—but you will search in vain to find a historical novel about him alone. Unlike almost all famous people in history, Einstein has strangely remained untouched—until now. Here is the story of Einstein’s life as reminisced by Albert himself on one day (March 21, 1955) less than a month before his death. Sitting in his study in Princeton, New Jersey he composes a condolence letter to the family of a friend who just died. In the process, he ruminates on his life: dreaming and day-dreaming, and conversing with his secretary, step-daughter, and friends who visit. He recalls the women in his life, his struggle with his Jewish identity, his progressive social and political ideas, and of course his radical scientific theories. In this work of historical fiction—but based on extensive research—the role of music in his life and work weaves throughout the text—like a soundtrack to a movie.

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186

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Speaking Volumes

ISBN 10

1645400298

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9781645400295

All that Glisters

By: Topper Jones

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All that Glisters

By: Topper Jones

When the facts don’t add up in his surf buddy’s bizarre death, forensic consultant (and daddy-to-be) Thaddeus Hanlon investigates, volunteering to go undercover to pick up where best friend Rafi Silva left off in a secret probe of the U.S. gold stockpile—every last bullion bar. Rafi’s spunky fiancée, Bri de la Guerra, has suspicions of her own and soon joins Thad on the hunt for answers. Together, the two amateur sleuths delve deep, stumbling onto a financial a-stock-alypse in the making, triggering a brutal manhunt along the Eastern seaboard meant to silence anyone looking to set the ledger straight.

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The Wild Rose Press Inc

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1509251693

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9781509251698

The Clash

Strummer, Jones, Simonon, Headon

By: Joe Strummer,Mick Jones,Paul Simonon,Topper Headon

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The Clash

Strummer, Jones, Simonon, Headon

By: Joe Strummer,Mick Jones,Paul Simonon,Topper Headon

Det här är boken om och av The Clash, världens bästa punkrockband. Här berättas hela historien om fyra killar från »Ladbroke Grove, London w10«, som skrev om rockhistorien under sju omtumlande år 19761983. The Clash var en svamp som sög åt sig samtiden och spottade ur sig låtar där varje textrad var på liv och död. De hade integritet nog att blanda rocknroll & punk med reggae & dub; vit musik med svart. The Clash var solidariska internationalister med bultande hjärtan och samtidigt det snyggaste band världen skådat. De var trendsättare, revolutionärer - och deras legendstatus har aldrig falnat. Strummer, Jones, Simonon & Headon - var för sig berättar de här sin egen version av vad som hände; från uppväxten till bildandet av The Clash, om spelningarna, om relationerna inom bandet, till fansen, pressen och andra band. Och, inte minst, hur låtarna kom till. Det här är den första Clash-boken som medlemmarna själva varit med och skapat. Materialet är hämtat ur deras privata samlingar och boken är rikt illustrerad med unika bilder av bandet både på och bakom scen, såväl som turnéaffischer, konsertbiljetter och kuriosa. »Mitt liv förändrades den sekunden dom gick upp på scen för evigt.« THÅSTRÖM »Ett av Englands bästa band någonsin.« NICK HORNBY, författare till bland annatHigh Fidelity och Om en pojke »En enorm inspirationskälla för mig.« BERNARD SUMNER, Joy Division & New Order »Alla fyra bidrar till berättelsen, men gång på gång är det Joe Strummers röst som sticker ut. Om en låt inspirerad av en filmreplik säger han att det var som att hålla i ena änden av en tråd som var fäst i en sång och när det börjar gå utför med The Clash beskriver han Jones som Elizabeth Taylor på uselt humör« NEW YORK TIMES

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273

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Modernista

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9174991884

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9789174991888

Idolatry and Infinity

Of Art, Math, and God

By: David R. Topper

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Idolatry and Infinity

Of Art, Math, and God

By: David R. Topper

Some unwritten stories only exist in fragments. In this book, for the first time, the histories of the injunction against idolatry and the dread of infinity are uniquely woven into one. The spectre of idolatry has haunted the three Western religions since the biblical prohibition. The story of iconoclasm runs from ancient times, where Jews largely ignored the ban on images, through the iconoclastic episodes in Islam and Christianity, and into modern times during the French Revolution. A perhaps surprising thesis of this book is that a conceptual and secular form of iconoclasm continued as the revulsion of illusionism in Modern Art. More recently it flared-up in the dynamiting of two large statues of the Buddha by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. The phobia of infinity arose from Pythagoras's discovery of irrational numbers and it runs through Zeno's paradoxes and Aristotle's philosophy, with only rare cases of defiance, such as Archimedes searching for pi. The angst over infinity continued through the Middle Ages with the theological encounter of an infinite God, as in the writings of Thomas Aquinas, only to be confronted in the Renaissance philosophy of Cusa. At the same time, infinity arose unexpectedly in visual art with the discovery of linear perspective where God was identified with the vanishing point. In the 17th and 18th centuries infinity further emerged not only in the very, very large (the cosmos itself), but in the very, very small (within calculus). This paved the way in the 19th and 20th centuries for the idea of different orders of infinity codified by Georg Cantor, where the concept mingled again with theology. Math and science buffs familiar with some aspects of infinity may first learn of its link with art, as well as a long association with theology - right up to the present. With lucid visual aids for the uninitiated, this book may likewise grant the Art lover access into a previously uncharted territory - a math venture to stretch the mind.

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Universal-Publishers

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162734506X

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9781627345064

Courtship of the Cake

By: Jessica Topper

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Courtship of the Cake

By: Jessica Topper

From the author of Dictatorship of the Dress comes a new novel about a woman who's vowed to never walk down the aisle--and the two men who'll do anything to get her to say "I do"... "Always a bridesmaid, never a bride" has suited Danica James just fine...until the mysterious man who crashed her sister's wedding steals her heart, leaves a slice of groom's cake under her pillow, and then disappears. Hoping to forget her unforgettable fling, Dani takes a job as a backstage masseuse for a rock music festival, not expecting the tour's headlining bad boy to make an offer she can't refuse. Nash Drama needs a fiancée--and fast... Mick Spencer is the best wedding cake designer in New Hope and the town's most eligible bachelor. But despite the bevy of bridesmaids he's sampled, Mick can't get the evening he spent with Dani out of his mind. So when she shows up for a cake tasting at the Night Kitchen--with his former best friend's ring on her finger--Mick vows to charm the woman of his dreams into choosing a sweet and sinful ever after, with him...

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Penguin

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0425276856

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9780425276853

Book's by Topper Headon

From Couch Potato to Endurance Athlete

From Couch Potato to Endurance Athlete

Dictatorship of the Dress

Dictatorship of the Dress

Louder Than Love

Louder Than Love

Softer Than Steel

Softer Than Steel

A Solitary Smile

A Solitary Smile

All that Glisters

All that Glisters

The Clash

The Clash

Idolatry and Infinity

Idolatry and Infinity

Courtship of the Cake

Courtship of the Cake

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