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When Virginia and Michael begin recovery from alcoholism in Alcoholics Anonymous, they correspond several times a week. They view letter writing and their deepening relationship as a lifeline in the chaos of change. Letters selected from over 2000 written during the next five years...

Eleanor Jacobs went abroad for the first time when she sailed to Panama to marry a fellow New Yorker and moved to Guatemala. Eleanor describes in amusing detail her crash course in household management and socializing with friends of dictators. The war years were...

As Terry moves on into the next two years of Junior High School, she wonders how to uncover her true nature rather than make sacrifices for the love of her mother. Maneuvering through obstacles of family chaos, the sudden unexpected death of her closest...

In Cool Mom on the Hot Seat, Virginia Boyle Traver offers an entertaining account of raising a family today. Along with poignant and humorous descriptions, spontaneous dialogue provides a continuous momentum to this series of slice-of-life sketches. As the children grow beyond their home...

The river of life has followed an unusual course for Mary Stickney. World traveler, artist and writer, she became familiar with American embassies and diplomatic outposts abroad while the wife of a U.S. Foreign Service agricultural scientist. In River of Pearls, she recounts adventures...

Legacy of a Hero is the remarkable story of Genio Basilici, legendary patriarch of an Italian community near Boston. In 1946, he sends his son, Enrico, to Italy to find and assist family members in the aftermath of war. Alternating with his son's search...

In early 1942, the U.S. government imprisoned, without charge or trial, 120,000 American citizens and legal resident aliens. Their crime? They were of Japanese ancestry and were living on the West Coast. The Cross on Castle Rock chronicles the World War II years which...

Once a person has been diagnoses with Alzheimer's disease, they become discouraged, frustrated, depressed and angry. Larry is different. While obviously not welcoming his illness, he has turned his feeling and insights toward writing this book.Author: Larry RoseISBN-10: 0595289274ISBN-13: 9780595289271Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/22/2003Pages: 132Format:...

Carol Griffin's Fragments of my Life, A Journal About Manic Depression And Its Companion Illnesses was written for people with manic Depressive illness and its companion illnesses. This book offers family and friends a glimpse of life with a brain disease. Carol first knew...

This book proves into hearsays surrounding Koreans in America. My writings illustrate how race has impacted my life and other Koreans vis-à-vis white Americans. I wrote articles to illustrate the interplay of my Korean heritage on my minority status. The range of social issues...

Imagine a family holiday in Africa where you get to camp amongst hungry lions, encounter a clan of hyenas face to face and take nothing but public transport to move through the continent. Then imagine doing it all with two young kids. This book...

In Dakota Boy, a skilled writer gives a thoughtful, entertaining account of his childhood in North Dakota's Red River Valley in the 1940's and early '50's, depicting the haphazard, often comical, hit-and-miss process by which the child and adolescent tries to build an identity....

Since the winter of 1971 when my father and my brothers sued Keith, resulting in their paying him $91,839.60 for his stock, I have attempted to discover what would end the lasting conflict between the Harrison family and the Simms family. I have assumed,...

Author: Jim BainbridgeISBN-10: 0595259294ISBN-13: 9780595259298Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/05/2002Pages: 372Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d

Author: Kathy S. GemberlingISBN-10: 0595227155ISBN-13: 9780595227150Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/09/2002Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 9.10h x 5.96w x 0.32d

Author: Wayne E. BeyeaISBN-10: 0595223354ISBN-13: 9780595223350Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/12/2002Pages: 548Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.95lbsSize: 9.06h x 6.16w x 1.38d

Author: J. RainsnowISBN-10: 0595213324ISBN-13: 9780595213320Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2002Pages: 600Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.05lbsSize: 9.04h x 6.10w x 1.47d

Author: Patricia a. BakerISBN-10: 0595201598ISBN-13: 9780595201594Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2001Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 9.02h x 6.22w x 0.32d

Author: Lee H. MerrickISBN-10: 0595196586ISBN-13: 9780595196586Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2001Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d

Author: Ann NohavaISBN-10: 059519219XISBN-13: 9780595192199Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2001Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.06w x 0.32d

Author: Zane P. BondISBN-10: 0595183093ISBN-13: 9780595183098Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2001Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 8.86h x 6.42w x 0.64d

Author: Jerome V. LofgrenISBN-10: 0595173683ISBN-13: 9780595173686Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2001Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 8.98h x 6.04w x 0.73d

Author: Willard J. DolmanISBN-10: 0595165583ISBN-13: 9780595165582Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/20/2000Pages: 640Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.28lbsSize: 9.02h x 6.06w x 1.62d

Author: Gina FergusonISBN-10: 059516174XISBN-13: 9780595161744Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2000Pages: 290Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d

Author: C. W. Jr. JamesISBN-10: 059509922XISBN-13: 9780595099221Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/2000Pages: 496Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.65lbsSize: 9.16h x 6.10w x 1.19d

Awkward, cringeworthy, mortifyingly honest and refreshingly vulnerable, emerging author C.W. Emge's first collection of essays is simultaneously hyper-personal and universally relatable. Part confessional, part poignant reflection, the stories are a witty, light-hearted look at blue-collar spirituality through the lens of Catholicism, growing up as...

Safety Requires Avoiding Unnecessary Conversation is a book of 15 essays about life in San Francisco spanning over two decades.Author: Kathleen EmmaISBN-10: 0578218518ISBN-13: 9780578218519Publisher: Kathleen EmmaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/14/2019Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d

"UndocuStudents: Our Untold Stories," is a collection of essays, poetry, photographs, and artwork created by members of the Blue Group, an Associated Students Club at Western Washington University (WWU), whose mission is to provide undocumented students the opportunity to meet other undocumented students, find...

Between a business guide and an autobiography, this is the true story of an internet warrior. From raiding a fridge to save his life, to a $100'000+ salary, Buck Donic shares his adventure and many lessons paid dearly. Each and every experience has been...

Gathering Chestnuts: Encounters Along the Way is a collection of stories based on the author's often unexpected encounters with individuals as she has traveled in and around Bologna, Italy, since 1994. Each story recalls a "gift" a deeper insight into the people of Bologna...

The project (book) began as a photo album. I bought an old run down piece of land in Montague County (Texas) in 1985 and have spent practically every weekend since that time cleaning it up and creating a cattle ranch - The T-Bone Ranch....

This is a book about what everyone goes through...life. This is a book about spirituality, family, love, friendship, education and society. It is about how to get out of being trapped by yourself and the world around you. It is a book about learning...

This book is an autobiography with a purpose. It is first conceptualized to review one's life for self-healing and peace, and it developed as an avenue to share the lessons that the author learned about overcoming patterns of addiction and dysfunctions in life, first...

This book is about how a person could be born into a family & grow up feeling like an outsider!Author: Envious EnviousISBN-10: 0578062240ISBN-13: 9780578062242Publisher: E. Nicole SmithLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/21/2010Pages: 98Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.23d

The anecdotes and stories within this volume represent only a small portion of the accumulated Analects of the venerated Madame Li Huarui, a scholarly centenarian, who now lives as a recluse in a small town in the United States. Compiled by Ben Wu (author...

A lighthearted and poignant look at one man's life--a joyful celebration of family and friends and faith.Author: Kelly BallardISBN-10: 0578030993ISBN-13: 9780578030999Publisher: BeyondworshipLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/03/2010Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d

This collection reaches across 15 years of thought, written as honestly as possible. Not all these ideas will be agreed with by everyone, but it's a voice of someone trying to find truth in the lie, peace in the struggle, and hope for the...

It's gone now, the Alaska we grew up with. It's almost surreal - like a sad, nostalgic dream of something once remembered. Nobody actually came and stole it away, it just sort of sank into a sea of compromise and conformity and disappeared. It's...

A book of diary entries and memoirs based on the life of a teenage psychopath. Explores four years of dreams, nightmares and struggles of a suburban teen who was not the poster boy for normality.Author: Michael ColasantiISBN-10: 0578004429ISBN-13: 9780578004426Publisher: Michael ColasantiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/17/2008Pages: 100Format:...

The last jog I took marked me for life. The home invasion was real. I really did have my hands tied and my eyes covered. My adoptive father really was naked, laying there wondering when the beatings from the men in black masks would...

Meredith Ann Rutter's retrospection-slash-memoir covers the years from 1916 to 2008. The timespan takes readers from the early years of her grandparents unions through the death of her mother in 1964 and the death of her father in 2008. In addition to the family...

The Whispers of Our Fathers presents the reader with the interactions of two traditional Cuban families, the De La Cruz and Martinez, as they attempt to impact the course of the Cuban Republic. This is the second of a four-part story of struggle, triumph,...

The Life & Times of K-Dinero: Memoirs of a Modern Day Warrior is about a young man overcoming the odds and inspiring people after reading the bookAuthor: Kevin KingISBN-10: 0557729114ISBN-13: 9780557729111Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/10/2010Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.17d

This is the story of a death at Christmas, told with Southern grace and a comforting sense of humor. A Christmas classic you will love reading over and over.Author: Sylvia CasbergISBN-10: 0557693942ISBN-13: 9780557693948Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/2010Pages: 44Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.09lbsSize: 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.09d

A diary translated from the Japanese written by the founder of the Yuki Teikei Haiku Society, Kiyoshi Tokutomi. He was born in 1923 in Watsonville, CA. At age eight when his father died, he was sent with his siblings to his mother's family in...

"Delayed but not Denied" is an autobigraphical work which shares one woman's journey to God.Author: Connie EvansISBN-10: 0557640903ISBN-13: 9780557640904Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/09/2017Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d

FACES I HAVE SEEN provides a raw and provocative look at human existence, forcing the reader to contemplate the impact of choices and their ripple effect throughout time. It juxtaposes "the road less travelled" with the road marked by wrong turns. Faces I Have...

Three generations of Gehrons lives are chronicled in this memoir by one of those whose life typified what has come to be known as The Greatest Generation.Author: William GehronISBN-10: 0557547385ISBN-13: 9780557547388Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/25/2010Pages: 248Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.52d

Some of these essays are mostly reflections; others are more opinionated with an "I Know I'm Right!" attitude. Some describe the life of a kid, some a parent/wife/housekeeper, some a teacher. They're all perspectives of a writer and editor, one who has lived nearly...

"Consolations of Loss" -- Personal essays concerning the triple losses of a child, a father, and a jobAuthor: Thomas N. DennisISBN-10: 055736146XISBN-13: 9780557361465Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/20/2010Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d