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My Sisters & I is a book of personal short stories showing a journey from young woman to adult. Through the ups and downs of everyday, Asanempoka's journey - from remote Australia to rural Ghana, urban Ghana and back again - demonstrates how Sisterhood...

The life story, as yet unfinished, of a son of Edinburgh, from a tenement in St. Leonard's Hill to the Isle of Skye, with many adventures in between. From telegraph boy to WOp/AG in the RAF, civil servant in Hong Kong, seven years in...

The Life and Times of a Mauritian Expatriateis about a study of life wrapped around the story of man and his surroundings - his past, his present and his future. It uses as a vehicle the life of one individual to explore issues, concepts,...

Hoping not to retire at 60, Ellen buys a house in South West France with views of the Pyrenees. Living on a shoestring, she describes the day to day dilemmas of life as a second homer, with an aged cat. A tantalizing picture is...

Nancy is emotional. And drunk. Again. Sidney is challenged. And confused. Again. With friendship renewed, a year of their lives is captured through their email exchange. They confide in each other over their insecurities and frustrations about life and love. They share their wisdom...

This anthology is a collection of real life events through the right of passage from a child to an adult looking at the taboo subjects that people try to hide away from. The collation looks at child abuse, drug taking, self harming and mental...

An account of my experiances in Germany and my coming to love its ways.There are pictures and stories and details of food.It really is just a personal diary of events from the early 60 s until the present. But to me it is important...

This is the record of one man's experiences from childhood to retirement in his continual search for experience in a world where help and guidance is not only limited, but where personalities clash, as others have a different and more formidable agenda.Author: Robert RichardsonISBN-10:...

Rosalind's childhood was little different from that of her school friends, except that she did not attend school very much. But home-life was not child's play either when you lived with a violent father, whose shadow lay across her childhood like the smoke that...

Drifting in and out of my Two Worlds follows the fascinating journey of a girl with the anxiety disorder, Selective Mutism. Based on a true story and written in the first-hand knowledge of a sufferer who overcome Selective Mutism, it is a unique story...

Personal memoirs of a WW2 Despatch Rider with the Royal Signals. Incorporating, Initial Training, D-Day landing, Operation Market Garden and Liberation of Belsen Concentration CampAuthor: Jack WoodISBN-10: 129116670XISBN-13: 9781291166705Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2012Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.21d

Il volume raccoglie oltre alla biografia dell'autore, l'esperienza siciliana e gli influssi dell'isola nei futuri romanzi di DHL. Sono stati inseriti il racconto Sun ambientato in Sicilia, il primo capitolo di Sea and Sardinia che raccoglie le memorie dello scrittore a Taormina, le poesie...

A harrowing True story, featured in the media that has captured the hearts of everyone! A normal happy, loving family that has their lives turned into a living Hell while pursuing help and assistance for thier disabled child. A Horrifying True story that can...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe...

Title: Poems by a slave in the island of Cuba, recently liberated.Author: Juan Francisco ManzanoPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from...

Title: A biographical sketch of the life of the late Captain Michael Cresap.Author: John J JacobPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas,...

Price's soul-searching account of her discovery of Jesus Christ.Author: Eugenia PriceISBN-10: 1258200929ISBN-13: 9781258200923Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2011Pages: 222Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.47d

""Perseverance: An Element In The Character Of A Good American"" is a non-fiction book written by George W. Gerwig. The book explores the importance of perseverance in the character of a good American. Gerwig argues that perseverance is essential for success in all aspects...

Note-taking is made easier with this lined, bound paper-back book, since each page is listed in the index, waiting for you to give it a title. There are 200 lined pages for note-taking, followed by 6 pages of end notes for you to write....

The stories of Canada's Leaders of the Official Opposition who failed to become Prime Minister.Author: Jonah GoldbergISBN-10: 1257925628ISBN-13: 9781257925629Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/02/2011Pages: 200Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.54lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.42d

"One Day at a Time" is an inspirational story of David Sloan's battle against MS. This book is about using hope and attitude as weapons to fight through the mental gymnastics and roadblocks that MS created as Sloan's disease progressed. It features a step-by-step...

A first-hand account of the thoughts and feelings of a New Yorker through the days and weeks following the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. This edition includes the recipes for Firehouse Lasagna and Chocolate-Covered Espresso Bean Banana Bread as...

'Crazy baby mama' has become a popular and humorous term in pop culture. It was a term that the father of my child used to describe me constantly. This memoir explains why I was so crazy. Surprisingly when I dig deep into my past,...

An Amelia City Character... If you are interested in interesting characters, you need to know Jane Philips. She is full of stories from a lifetime of living and would love to share a few with you. She has written many of her stories down...

This memoir recounts the life events I have experienced over the past 69 years. The focus is on my career as a teacher and an artist.Author: Kurt FishbackISBN-10: 1257787403ISBN-13: 9781257787401Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/26/2011Pages: 194Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.41d

Dawn was born England 1940, just after the start of WWII. Raised in a Northamptonshire village, she trained as a nurse, when training was done in hospitals. The work was hard, lasting 60 to 72 hours a week, taking classes in her spare time....

Sweet Fields was where they met and it took her years and cataclysms to remember. She knew that he had always wanted to tell her something, something that he was bursting to say, but that he was her David returned to her--well that she...

Based on original research, this monograph is the first to portray the fascinating life of Bernhard Pollack (1865-1928), a pioneer neurohistologist, ophthalmologist, and world-class pianist. In doing so, it revives important scientists and musicians of fin-du-siècle Berlin. Pollack wrote the first standard reference on...

Growing Old But Staying Young by Jerome PollackAuthor: Jerome PollackISBN-10: 125709503XISBN-13: 9781257095032Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/06/2011Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d

This is the story of the amazing life of my Great Grandmother Maria as told to me by my beloved Grandmother and Maria's daughter, Grace. Maria was raised in an Orphanage from the age of 6 in Palermo Sicily at the turn of the...

A chilling true story about comedy that kills. Over two copies sold world-wide. Printed in over zero languages. CAUTION: CONTAINS EXTREME COMEDY, HANDLE WITH CARE!Author: Alan GranoISBN-10: 1257005332ISBN-13: 9781257005338Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/25/2011Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.09d

Letters to Charles Eliot Norton, Volume 2 presents a collection of correspondence from John Ruskin to Charles Eliot Norton, offering invaluable insights into the minds of two prominent figures of the 19th century. This volume captures their exchanges on art, literature, social issues, and...

Explore the timeless works of Horace, one of Rome's greatest poets, in this comprehensive collection. This volume includes a biographical sketch, providing insight into the life and times of Horace, followed by a selection of his most celebrated works. Delve into the lyrical beauty...

Self & Partners (Mostly Self), penned by C.J. Holmes and originally published in 1935, offers readers a unique glimpse into the author's life and perspectives through a collection of evocative poems and autobiographical reflections. This volume captures the spirit of a bygone era, blending...

Title: The Court and Times of James the First; illustrated by authentic and confidential letters, from various public and private collections. [Compiled by T. Birch.] Edited, with an introduction and notes, by the author of "Memoirs of Sophia Dorothea" [i.e. Robert Folkestone Williams], etc.Publisher:...

Title: Illustrations of British History, Biography and Manners in the reigns of Henry VIII., Edward VI., Mary, Elizabeth, and James I. exhibited in a series of original papers, selected from the Manuscripts of the ... families of Howard, Talbot, and Cecil; containing ... a...

Title: The World: round it and over it ... letters ... With illustrations ... Second edition.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million...

Title: Perley's Reminiscences of sixty years in the national metropolis ... Illustrated.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known...

Title: Impressions of America, during the years 1833, 1834 and 1835.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages...

Title: Historical Sketch of the progress of discovery ... to the beginning of the nineteenth century.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million...

Title: Preussische Geschichte.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents,...

Title: Narratives of some Passages in the Great War with France, from 1799 to 1810. [With maps.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150...

Title: The historical basis of modern Europe, 1760-1815. An introductory study to the general history of Europe in the nineteenth century.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research...

Title: A narrative of a nine months' residence in New Zealand, in 1827; together with a journal of a residence in Tristan d'Acunha, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the...

Title: Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the author's experience at the mines.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150...

Title: America: or a general survey of the political situation of the several Powers of the Western Continent ... By a citizen of the United States, author of "Europe," &c. [i.e. Alexander H. Everett.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national...

This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject produced over the...

This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject produced over the...

Title: Two Years before the Mast; or, a Voice from the forecastle: being a sailor's life at sea.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over...

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John...