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The art of a proper haircut seems to be lost on many. Not in the shaping of the hair itself, but in the correct way to act while cutting. I needed a haircut, and finding an appropriate barber was going to be a challenge....

As an Englishman moving to San Diego, I found myself facing quite a cultural shift. Firstly, and most importantly, in finding a proper place to have a proper pint.

The best golfers in the world have left their spectators in awe. Their high level of motor skill when executing fine movements - in a game that breeds more frustration than inspiration - is difficult to comprehend. The complexity of golf's main aim, getting the little white ball in the hole by passing the obstacles presented around it, caused mathematicians to conclude that doing so more often than not is not probable. How do they do it?

Grae Edwards and his co-stars Chris Willoughby and Ben Clyde work together well. Maybe they even have a chemistry. Certainly, they are friends, and Grae is tempted to ask for more.... After the beautiful tart Chris has the temerity to turn him down, Grae settles into a comfortable loving relationship with the more chivalrous Ben. But the idea of Chris never quite goes away - and when Chris finally suggests the three of them spend a night together, Grae glimpses a solution he hardly dares hope for.

Phenomenally Me is the first collection from Kansas-born African American poet Sarah J. Heidelberg, and a lively and impressive compilation it is; by turns emotional and thoughtful, joyful and melancholy, blending the discipline and technique of formal lyric verse with the brashness and daring of performance poetry.

The first time Emma walked into a ball, she experienced something she never would have expected, and could not imagine this would be the new world in which she lived. The first lady to capture Derek's eye brushed him off and his interest was sparked. She seemed nothing like any other lady he had encountered in his years roaming the London Seasons and she sparked something in him he didn't even know he could feel. Could Emma be his future duchess? Or would she be the one to get away?

Training a puppy can look like tons of fun, but it can be a head-scratching and difficult experience if you don't know what you're doing. It can be frustrating enough to resort to using spanking, yelling, and other less-than-ideal training methods to get your puppy to behave, which often makes the problem worse. In this guide, Alexander Ward shows you everything you need to know about house-training even the most energetic and rambunctious of puppies and getting them to listen to your commands.

Sydney Carton, is an English lawyer who bears a remarkable resemblance to French aristocrat Charles Darnay. Darnay, who renounces his aristocratic heritage to start a new life in England, ends up falling in love with Lucie Manette. Meanwhile in Paris, the cruel Marquis St. Evrémonde runs down a child with his carriage, setting off a chain of events that will lead to revolutionand will alter their destiny.

Prince Dmitry Ivanovich Nekhlyudov, having fulfilled his duty on a jury, unexpectedly recognizes a woman named Katerina Maslova. She was once a maid he had seduced and subsequently abandoned, leaving her pregnant. His aunt cast her out, and she eventually found herself drawn into a life of prostitution, eventually becoming entangled in a crime. As he observes her unjust trial and subsequent imprisonment, Nekhlyudov becomes consumed with guilt and a desire for redemption.