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Michael D. "Moon" Mullins with his usual flair has found a perfect way to bring life to the stories of America's Warriors. His lyrical way with words has opened a window into the past that is closing much too quickly. Out of the Mist,...

When a turbulent family life uproots her dreams, a young girl must travel a long road from northern Minnesota to Florida and back again to return to the cabin lifestyle that to her meant home. Filled with unforgettable stories of animals, plants, and people...

Wayne Rudolph Davidson delves deeper into his family history in this second book of his When Clans Collide trilogy. Exploring his own personal branch that stems from the genealogical trunk of the distinguished Davidson family tree, he writes from the perspective of an African-American...

Author: Patricia Meserve Gauvin and Angel LoganISBN-10: 1456864467ISBN-13: 9781456864460Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/16/2011Pages: 124Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Author: Iva T. LouiseISBN-10: 145683908XISBN-13: 9781456839086Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/02/2011Pages: 120Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

I recently discovered something very interesting. Everyone you chance to meet has a true "snake story". Some are good, some bad, some ugly; most are humerous; a rare few are incredible. I have gathered together a couple dozen of the best. Read the stories...

When the icy waters of the North Atlantic closed of the R.M.S. "Titanic", it sealed the fate of William Edward Hipkins, the Managing Director of the famous firm of W.&.T. Avery Limited. Hipkins appeared as just another victim on that starry night. After over...

In writing this book, Joan hopes it will reach out to others of her generation, who were born and lived in her hometown of Brighton. Who will remember with her, the joys of childhood there, the finding of the first jobs, first puppy love,...

Author: Kirsty AshtonISBN-10: 1456770489ISBN-13: 9781456770488Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/28/2011Pages: 264Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d

Teenage Warrior is primarily about the effect WWII had on "baby brothers" who watched older brothers leave home to serve their country. Being left behind, feeling useless, and all the normal frustrations of early teens. Bill became a "teenage delinquent" before the term was...

This story expresses life, truth and beauty; it represents a 1950's American Southern way of life; it touches on love, jealousy, life, hate, death and hope. You will see a determination and love for his wife also the quality that he puts forth in...

Domestic Violence is prevalent, more now than ever before, with regards to Sexual-Physical-Emotional-Verbal Abuse. However, since my ordeal, I've been asked if I have any regrets. Fortunately, my response has and will Always be, "If I can report the abuse on one, then I...

Two books in one! Experience growing up in a loving and boisterous Italian family from Brooklyn. Can you imagine having the vision to see a car in a block of wood, a church steeple in a burned out Roman candle or an entire wall-to-wall...

Psychological Therapy in a Pharmacological World has been written to encourage an alternative look at current day approaches to psychiatric therapy, and to share with my colleagues insights I have gained over 40 years of practice. - Understanding the psychological world from a different...

Dr. Nicholas La Bianca was born in Giovinazzo (Bari), Italy, in 1930, and during his early life had to live under the Fascist regime and witness depravation, death, and destruction brought by WWII. He received the best classical education available in that country and...

Author: Arlene RobersonISBN-10: 1453512446ISBN-13: 9781453512449Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/12/2010Pages: 190Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

A Boot Full of Piss No five words could have more perfectly captured the spirit with which I have lived and will always live my life as a man who is unapologetically forthright, proudly inelegant, full of unexpected contents, and always good for a...

Bullets of 71: A Freedom Fighter's Story details Dr. Nuran Nabi's experience growing up in rural Bangladesh and living through the tumultuous episodes of the Bangladesh liberation movement and the liberation war. This is the true story of how a frail young man developed...

When, in 1978, as a participant in a teacher exchange programme, the author, accompanied by his wife and young family, exchanged his boring existence in Grangemouth in central Scotland for life in Missoula, Montana, in the western United Sates, he could not have foreseen...

When a young woman in search of romance discovers that a vengeful ghost won't allow her to be with anyone but him, she suffers an inescapable fate.Author: Violet MariyachaISBN-10: 1452033331ISBN-13: 9781452033334Publisher: Authorhouse UKLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/20/2011Pages: 224Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d

History of the Muslims in Belize is an excellent pioneering work which traces the historical background and development of the Muslims in Belize, Central America. As a chronological account of "how it all started" the book states that Islam was introduced into Belize through...

Author: Irwin TousterISBN-10: 1450096778ISBN-13: 9781450096775Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/25/2010Pages: 240Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.12lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Author: William F. Sr. SpiveyISBN-10: 1450059562ISBN-13: 9781450059565Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2010Pages: 396Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.62lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Grandpa's Stump is a story of one family's survival, growth, commitment to God, family, neighbors, and friends. It is a story of a struggling, rural at first, modern, surviving family that helped to pull each other through hard times. The loving traits and characteristics...

Author: Cheryl Pratt BharathISBN-10: 1450010369ISBN-13: 9781450010368Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/15/2009Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d

Karen collapsed into her dad's arms upon learning her husband was gone. She was facing a mountain of heartache, with foothills of depression and devastating loss as a suddenly single mom. Now, this Midwestern pastor's daughter could no longer avoid or hide her problems,...

A woman who was desperate to hear from God. Became serious about her prayers, her sacrifices, and her obedience to God. Habakkuk 2: 2-3 says, " Then the Lord answered me and said; "Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets. That he/she...

From "Daddy" to "Father" to "Dad" The touching story of William "Cricket" Horsak-a high school football superstar who went from the football field to the battle field, finding himself thrust into the carnage of the Battle of Okinawa. He survived the horror and tragedy...

How Bad Can It Get? How Bad Can It Get? is the gripping true story of tragic events and the ensuing legal battles that occurred in the life of its author, John A. Heavner. The downward turn of events began when John witnessed his...

Experience the golden age of steam through the eyes of an engine driver.Step back in time and discover the captivating world of steam locomotives and heritage railways. Anthony Dawson vividly portrays the daily life of an engine driver, from the crack-of-dawn preparations to the...

Blue Boy is a 1932 novel by the French writer Jean Giono. It tells the story of a family in Provence, with an ironer mother and a shoemaker father. The book is largely autobiographical and based on Giono's childhood, although it has many fictional...

One of Canada's most outspoken and respected advocates of internationalism during the early Cold War, John King Gordon had a remarkably eclectic professional life. Keith R. Fleming's biography of Gordon explores the man's many careers, from his start as a Manitoba clergyman in the...

Author: Jeffrey ReganISBN-10: 1441557768ISBN-13: 9781441557766Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/20/2009Pages: 246Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.14lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Author: Mae Ella WrightISBN-10: 1441526560ISBN-13: 9781441526564Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/18/2009Pages: 210Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Author: Capt James W. Ret HardinISBN-10: 1441516891ISBN-13: 9781441516893Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/06/2009Pages: 132Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

Author: Steven Joseph SinopoliISBN-10: 1441514562ISBN-13: 9781441514561Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/17/2009Pages: 200Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Author: Andrea MyersISBN-10: 1441512063ISBN-13: 9781441512062Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/30/2009Pages: 78Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.28lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19d

Author: Laurie G. MerriganISBN-10: 1441502068ISBN-13: 9781441502063Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/21/2009Pages: 140Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

An exciting, passionate thread of awareness of God's love and presence is woven throughout this author's life story. When did her unique spiritual journey begin? Was its source from imagining levitating from her bed at age three? Peering on tiptoe into her beloved grandmother's...

Here is an inspiring and poignant collection of teen essays, depicting individual stories of the courage and humanitarianism demonstrated by soldiers who served from World War II through the conflicts in the Middle East. These engaging stories illustrate how American soldiers, driven by perseverance...

President Rembert Stokes of Wilberforce, 1956 to 1976 provides an excellent, rich and very interesting history of the presidency of the 14th President of Wilberforce University. It provides a good study on presidential leadership effectiveness in a higher education setting. Students were trained to...

This is the true story of two Bricklayers David and Scott, who met at technical college in 1978, where they were both studying to become bricklayers. They quickly became firm friends, and after completing their apprenticeships worked together as a team and eventually started...

Lady (Mary Anne) Barker (1831-1911) wrote these letters to ôrecord the expeditions, adventures, and emergencies diversifying the daily life of the wife of a New Zealand sheep-farmer.ö It was a time in New Zealand when women shared with men the loneliness, difficulties and hazards...

The book titled ""The Canons Of The First Four General Councils Of Nicaea, Constantinople, Ephesus And Chalcedon: With Notes (1892)"" is a comprehensive guide to the canons of the first four general councils of the Christian Church. The author, William Bright, provides a detailed...

Liberalism: An Attempt To State The Principles And Proposals Of Contemporary Liberalism In England is a book written by Herbert Louis Samuel in 1902. The book aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the principles and proposals of contemporary liberalism in England. Samuel explores...

The Children's Gospel Commentary by Keith L. Brooks is a comprehensive guide to the four Gospels and the Book of Acts, written specifically for children. The book is designed to help children understand the teachings of Jesus and the stories of the Bible in...

Author: John FroissartISBN-10: 1436664020ISBN-13: 9781436664028Publisher: Kessinger PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/02/2008Pages: 440Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.79lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d

Six Plays By Florence Henrietta Darwin is a collection of six plays written by Florence Henrietta Fisher, published in 1921. The plays included in this collection are: The Apple-Tree, The Spring, The Garden of the Hesperides, The Golden Fleece, The Masque of the Graces,...

Author: Cliff Edward WilliamsISBN-10: 1436373646ISBN-13: 9781436373647Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/07/2015Pages: 90Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

Author: Elna Fone NugentISBN-10: 1436344972ISBN-13: 9781436344975Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/23/2009Pages: 206Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 9.29h x 6.38w x 0.95dReview Citation(s): Foreword 05/18/2010