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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

James Rosenberg Tucker (1808-1888) was an Australian convict and author from Bristol, England. Under the pseudonym Giacomo di Rosenberg, Tucker wrote his autobiographical Ralph Rashleigh; or, The Life of an Exile in 1844. It was published in a heavily edited form in 1929, and...

This is a book of my memoirs. I wrote this book for freedom's sake. It is also for that person who thinks that there is no hope in their situation. I am encouraging someone for life. Be a productive member of society, and please...

At a time when most couples are planning retirements filled with golf games and cruises. Meg and Steve Lanphear joined the farm-to-table movement and took up farming fulltime. In this warm and lively memoir, informative and downright funny, they chronicle a retirement filled with...

A vision becomes a reality. A team chasing a national title for almost half a century. Fighting against all odds, challenging the learning curve, and facing institutional resistance. An inspiring story of passion, perseverance, and mental toughness. Senseis (teachers), eager to build a winning...

Biographical sketch of George Martin, an immigrant from Poland in the 1920s who became a leader in the U.S. Labor Movement. Tells the story of his life, his family, and his work organizing shoe workers in Ohio in the 1940s and 1950s. With a...

TOM GREELEY knows too well how insidious alcoholism can be. He has experienced how the disease entraps not only the drinking person, but the entire family. He writes about the incredible isolation, the credit card debt, and the anguish over his children's safety. In...

Jeremy takes a journey to discover the difficulties of socialist political approaches. The story is centered in a South American country that has been destroyed by an Absurd Socialism regime. Jeremy follows journeys of universal knowledge search, however, he finds distorted knowledge, a type...

Leola Meagher tells the story of her mother's life and the struggles her mother overcame living in rugged circumstances in rural Quebec in the first part of the last century. It can be summed up as the spiritual journey of a strong woman who...

Robin White: Something is happening here is the first book to be devoted to Robin White's art in 40 years. Its assessment of her remarkable 50 years as an artist includes fresh perspectives by 24 writers and interviewees from Australia, the Pacific, and Aotearoa...

In Stonefield Stories, the author tells about life during the 1950s during summers spent in this small Quebec village along the Ottawa River, before construction of the Carillon Dam in 1959. Detailing rural life and including lively personalities, readers can learn about social customs...

If life is a journey, this Author's search for the purpose of it started 3am at his birth in Holland on the 7th of August 1940. World War 2 was in full swing. Some 15 years later his parents with their children followed the...

Continuation of a personal odyssey on a shared motor scooter, by two young men in 1960, which began in what was then, Ceylon travelling across Asia to Istanbul ... This story picks up from there, to follow their travels from Turkey, across northern Europe...

The Maverick's Roundup is the story of a man who overcame debilitating illness and poor education to follow the Call of God across three States of Australia. Bruce travelled as an itinerate preacher amongst the Aboriginal camps along the bank of the River Murray...

In everyday lives we found extraordinary tales. 20 people were asked to tell their story and we have compiled our stories to target young adults and help get them through their 'Quarter Life Crisis'. The project is about sharing our mistakes and our journeys....

Raised in rural Bedfordshire, Thomas Cade Wadner grew up in difficult and challenging times. He was a man of few words, and like many who endured a tough existence he rarely spoke about his experiences. Following eighteen months of extensive historical research, Philip Wadner...

Brought together with personal recollections from the author and other archival information and placed in the context of the times, this biography reveals the story of a most innovative and forward thinking Sheffield schoolmaster and educationist, William Henry Robinson.Author: J. P. CraddockISBN-10: 0993198759ISBN-13: 9780993198755Publisher:...

BROTHER ZONE is an intimate portrayal of the alternate universe of five and seven year old boys. Violence. Sex. Farting. Weapons. Love. Words. Girls. Aliens. Alien girls. Manliness. Girliness. Girly men. Violent farting girly alien men who are afraid of cats, but love sexy...

Top Cop 2: On the Beat follows on from the bestselling Top Cop. Top Cop 2: On the Beat covers some of the many experiences of Ex Chief Inspector Gary Raymond. This book traces some of the exciting events in the life of an...

Martha Keldgord was the daughter of Danish Baptist immigrants who lived in Center Township, Shelby County, Iowa. This is her journal, which she started in 1911 when she was about sixteen. She documented day-to-day life on her parent's Iowa farm, and mentioned approximately 500...

Qaasin Guuleed Xujaale, waxa uu ahaa abwaan aad u aqoon sareeya Sugaan mug lehna tiriyey, gabayadu hagu badnaadeene. Nasiib darro, waxa ku dhacay Xanuunka AIDS ka. Ka dibna waxa lagu sameeyey takoor aad u badan. Waxa uu ku dhintay magaalada Hargeysa 2016.Author: Faarax MaxamuudISBN-10:...

A true life story of four generations of a family plagued with kidney disease and death. Finally through the miracle of organ transplants, Harry was the first member of the family to live and have his transplant for forty one years. When their son...

This is the story of a man who grew up in the 50's and 60's, got married, fathered five children, knowing all the while that he was really a woman. It recounts the physical, emotional, and social struggles that she endured to remain true...

This book is about the Charles Eacott and his wife Estella Reynolds families, their ancestors and descendants. Included are McCabe, Street, Willis, and other family lines. An effort is made to include details about the lives of the people who are part of the...

Life and memories of Ned Iceton, by himself and many of the people who knew him.Author: Ned IcetonISBN-10: 098742470XISBN-13: 9780987424709Publisher: Nurturing Evolutionary DevelopmentLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/14/2016Pages: 134Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d

For over fifty years, composer Larry Austin has redefined what music is and could be through his experimental compositions. Working with hybrid musics, improvisation, and computer music, Austin has created a wonderful and unique sound world. Austin had important associations with John Cage, Karlheinz...

Walt Cross served on active duty for more than twenty years and then served in the Retired Reserve for another nine years subject to recall. Walt's first assignment was as a field medic working with the Airborne, Ranger, and Special Forces training commands. His...

Hippopotamus Sea is an autobiography, chronicling JB Smith's life, born into an alcoholic family, witness to a father's insanity, suicide at age 37, the author being 11, and then the authors slow descent into the hell of addiction to alcohol, cocaine, ICE, opiates, and...

Trying to make sense of the deaths of two daughters and his wife over a twenty year period, the author recounts his spiritual journey from traditional, conservative Lutheranism to a secular, nature-based understanding of reality. His processing of those events was informed by his...

Something's wrong with Mommy.She gets angry and shouts, and isn't like other mothers ...Daddy says everything's okay, but I feel scared all the time ...Laura's world turns upside down when her mother commits suicide, leaving three daughters under the age of five alone with...

"A Modest Quest" describes the author's quest to find out about his family's past. It was intended just to find out the basic facts about his parents' brothers and sisters, and his grandparents. Growing up, he had thought that all his grandparents had died...

A young man who should have found a corporate ladder somewhere and climbed up it, turns his back instead and goes off into the bush. Years later he comes back to the city that he left. In this book he rakes over the ground:...

She is worth far more than rubies. What a description to live up to! And yet this is what the business woman and work at home mum is worth to her family. Women today crave to return home to care for their families and...

Jacques Dubois O.S.C. was the last Prior of Clairlieu. The French Revolution ended not only the age-old Crosier Priory at Huy. The French Revolution upended the historic form and traditioned rhythm of Crosier Religious Life that had been lived there.Author: Emile FontaineISBN-10: 0979998611ISBN-13: 9780979998614Publisher:...

Theodore Timothy "Ted" Judge died in Cupertino, California, June 11, 2008. Although neither he nor his late wife Ellen Sheehy Judge left descendants, they shared a mutual interest in family history which they had enthusiastically pursued over the years. In his will, Ted left...

Weaver's Stories from Island Southeast Asia delves into the personal stories of individual textile artists, bringing recognition to their accomplishments, skills, and extraordinary lives. Photographs of ten women from eight locations in the Southeast Asian archipelago along with examples of their weaving are accompanied...

Betty was up against the wall of her son Raymond's disabilities. Organizations and agencies in her community hadn't responded to her repeated pleas for support. She had knocked on every door and was about to give up when she found Jo Ann Boyle, whose...

This book is a fascinating account of the author's day-to-day experiences and impressions as he traversed the African continent. The overland trek from Morocco to South Africa covered 10,000 miles and took nearly a year to complete. Read about his nerve-shattering yet memorable adventures.Author:...

In 1895 Liberal Catholics in America were struggling to maintain that one could be a good American and a good Catholic at the same time. Bishop John J. Keane had been relieved of his post as Rector of the Catholic University of America because...

In 1895 Liberal Catholics in America were struggling to maintain that one could be a good American and a good Catholic at the same time. Bishop John J. Keane had been relieved of his post as Rector of the Catholic University of America because...

Presents the stories about an extraordinary array of women of different ethnicities and regions of Idaho, whose lives span six decades and more.Author: Ruth Garrison,Arthur A. Hart,Lorry RobertsISBN-10: 0963125850ISBN-13: 9780963125859Publisher: Caxton PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2000Pages: 268Format: Paperback

Mild-mannered computer systems analyst by day, uninhibited phone sex performer by night, Ms. Ainslee is a woman of contradictions and complexities. Her entertaining anecdotes and perceptive reflections on the world of phone sex give us a rare look into this intriguing form of erotica....

The long awaited sequel to Verity Red's Diary (A Story of Surviving M.E.) continues with the wit and humour of Verity undiminished, as she takes each day at a time, in her wry and inimitable way. Beautifully illustrated by the author, Verity does indeed...

Life was going swimmingly for Sheila Taylor during the early months of 1996. She enjoyed her job and life at home was perfect - she was a happy lady with much to look forward to in a busy and fulfilling life. But all this...