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When Dad passed away I was asked to offer a speech at his funeral on behalf of the surviving children. I had been nursing dad for about a month before his passing away. I had been on the road for over two days and...

Hidden Gems and Jewels magazine is a comprehensive resource for the entrepreneurs, small business owners, aspiring entrepreneurs, small churches, gospel artists, preachers, teachers, and evangelists who are behind the scenes. Hidden Gems and Jewels magazine presenting amazing moments of creative accomplishment. The phenomenal women,...

One City Life is the true story of one kid, one city and one life.Author: Chris ZellISBN-10: 1794703462ISBN-13: 9781794703469Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/26/2019Pages: 184Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d

A small toddler placed in an orphanage at a very young age, lost sight of her older brother and missing her mother. Taunted by other children and unable to communicate with anyone, a change of life began when introduced to a desperate couple yearning...

Peggy Barnes was born under the sodden clouds and coal-smog of the English Black Country, during the depression. Her penniless family immigrated to Cape Town, when she was nine. She blossomed into a beauty, rambling in the sun-drenched and heather-scented Cape Mountains. She married...

By Yvonne Stewart-WilliamsISBN: 9781783827503Published: 2025Pages: 24Key Themes: Life storyDescriptionDescription Yvonne is a woman in the military, who has fought for her country, with honours . She has faced many adversities, and is now in an intense battle for her life, with her mental health,...

This 'Cannon' covers, in its usual consistent format, a regiment that saw active service in Cuba at the capture of Havana in the Seven Years' War and was later part of the garrison during the Great Siege of Gibraltar in the American Revolutionary War....

Do you know God's voice? Are you tuned in to His channel? Are you missing that inner peace and joy in your life? Do you have difficulties overcoming the storms that come your way? Do you have a desire to get closer to God...

Constant flashbacks of traumatic events and memories. She fights with herself daily to make it look like everything is just fine. Trying hard not to rely on a life of crime to comfort financial difficulties and generational upbringings. Being stuck at a crossroad over...

It is year 2000. The economy in Zimbabwe is just at the beginning of a nose dive that would see the country's rate of inflation break world records at 231 million per cent a year by 2008. You are a young engineering graduate with...

Austin Mardon was a Canadian academic working towards his PhD when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. He was told by doctors a career wasn't possible, he'd likely be homeless, and having a wife and kids would never happen. Catherine Curry was living as a...

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For nearly a millennium, universities have searched for knowledge, understanding and truth. Max Bennett evaluates the work of 20 of the greatest scholars in the University of Sydney's history and shows how this university's search has advanced society in manifold ways.Author: Max BennettISBN-10: 1742104495ISBN-13:...

Born in Germany, Margitta Acker came to Australia in June 1962. Five weeks later, she was married at St Peter's Lutheran Church in Reid. For her, it was a wedding among strangers. Her memories of settling in Canberra, exploring her new surroundings, finding work,...

Stories With Faces is a compelling and touching collection of popular columns and magazine stories about ordinary people living extraordinary lives. Some subjects fall prey to tragedy, some overcome challenges in acts of personal heroism. These are colorful, poignant writings that proclaim 'Every life...

The women between the pages of "Secrets of the Sisterhood" are courageous, powerful truth tellers and members of the Speaker Sisterhood, a network of public speaking clubs for women. These 45 speeches were originally delivered in Speaker Sisterhood clubs across the U.S. between 2016...

Stories of 19 University of Pennsylvania women in the vanguard of changing women's roles in business, the professions, academia, and society at large. Ms. Magazine and the Woodstock music festival were still years in the future. Betty Friedan published The Feminine Mystique only a...

Mickey, the narrator of this book, looks back at his life growing up in Tilburn, thirty miles out of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In reflecting on his life, Mickey explores how children let the world in rather than judging it at a safe distance. We...

Mickey, the narrator of this book, looks back at his life growing up in Tilburn, thirty miles out of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In reflecting on his life, Mickey explores how children let the world in rather than judging it at a safe distance. We...

The Patient is the story of Ugandan doctors and their patients through the decades. It's the story of mostly young enthusiastic medical students becoming doctors, and choosing their paths in a corrupt and impoverished world where their own needs, wellbeing, and sanity, compete with...

Desperate to leave his native country, Albania, Martin starts a new adventure by travelling through and discovering the Schengen area of Western Europe. Travelling via work exchange pays for his food and accommodation, keeping him safe during his long journey of self-discovery and spiritual...

The Seed That Must Grow is a story of a young girl who gets married at the age of fourteen. She goes through so many challenges in her life despite her enormous effort to put things in order. Her hard work and determination makes...

Desperate to leave his native country, Albania, Martin starts a new adventure by travelling through and discovering the Schengen area of Western Europe. Travelling via work exchange pays for his food and accommodation, keeping him safe during his long journey of self-discovery and spiritual...

This is a collection of short narratives of some of my life's encounters with people, both socially and in sports events. Life cannot exist without food and drink and so naturally, a few stories on bread, cheese and the amber nectar get an airing...

At the age of nineteen, my son had his first episode of psychosis. This book tells the story of events during this time. I hope readers will be able to experience sadness mixed with funny, tragic, laugh-out-loud moments as Richard and his family go...

This is a story of my husband's family history commencing in 1882 in England. It follows the life of his grandmother born in 1882 and follows her life, marriages, and her children. We then follow the life of his Mother and her siblings, culminating...

My book is dedicated to the Meningitis Research Foundation as I've had meningitis at an early age myself. All my proceedings from this book is for the Meningitis Research Foundation. I've always felt indebted for my lucky escape, so if there is any way...

This is a brief history of my life, woven around Christmas and our family's love of partying, decking the halls, and feasting. Although in recent years the idea of Christmas has become associated with largess, I have always loved the lead-up to the event,...

This book is what it is, an autobiography, better still, a graphic representation of my difficult but joyous upbringing in a communal setting marshalled by a most wonderful and loving mother, aunties, and uncles, the harsh cultural and traditional norms that daily confronts and...

Readers who never served in the Irish Guards and have little idea what went on behind barrack walls, may find some of the terms used and the events and the incidents they describe a little strange. But they will surely recognise the strand that...

In part one, we left a lovely wee Jim and his entirely world possessions, on a dessert quayside on South Wales. It was a miserable dark nights, and the rain was coming down in torrents. In part two, we rejoin him and share the...

Glorious exploits of Scandenberg The book takes us back to the distant year 1480 when it was written and published in Latin. The English reader learns of the Prince or King of Albania, George Kastriot Scandenberg. A great strategist and true hero in defense...

This is a true story. The events encompass a family history covering over 100 years. This family history is like no other incorporated into the significance of political events, including the Kent State shootings, the Persian Gulf War, as well as political and religious...

HAMPTON 3 is a lighthearted look at the real experiences of an 18 year old Freshman boy in 1964. It focuses on his dorm life, the students he meets, and the antics they share. It was a time when social media consisted of a...

The hunts shared in this book are real, nothing made up. True life experiences sometimes shared with family and friends, or sometimes alone. For many years, I have enjoyed reading westerns imagining what it must have been like and visualizing the events happening as...

This book is about the author's life and his family, how he grew up and how things were back in those days. He used to help his Daddy in the woods piling wood into cords and helped his Momma with things. The book is...

My mother's kind and altruistic actions affected many lives. She wanted people to recognize that there is something good in everything and to take action to further that. With her positive attitude and pleasant temperament she would encourage people and give them hope. She...

"Leaping Off" is a story about the rigors of becoming an Air Force pilot in a time when the need for pilots was at a low point, immediately following the Korean War. It entails the miniscule items used to wash out prospective pilots through...

Two naïve kids were married just south of New York City. A week or so later, they took up residency in a two-room Forest Service cabin in the Cascade Mountains. Thus began a series of adventures that lasted 55 years, including travels to China...

This book is a collection of stories encompassing the ups and downs I have faced in this walk called life. God has shown me how He has been guiding me all along, leading me to have a deeper faith in Him in all that...

The life of Anton Hegarty seems more fiction than fact. He escapes poverty and unemployment in his native city in Ireland by joining the British army but ends up in two of the twentieth century's bloodiest theatres of war. Against all odds he survives...

I was born in London in 1962. I spent the first 12 years of my life in a children's home, struggling not only with the fact that my parents had abandonned me, but also trying to cope with being?of Caribbean decent. I was sent...

This book offers a sincere look at the Supported Housing sector through the eyes of a former drug and alcohol addict, and prisoner, turned front line worker: Zayne is gripping the rail of a balcony on the 24th floor of the Pegasus hotel. His...

No matter what battle you are fighting, whether it is bullying, racism, abuse, trauma and being treated badly. Always stand up and speak up, you don't deserve to feel low or unworthy. Our feelings and emotions are important and as long as we focus...

'NG is the author of Relate with me, God's love, The Mystery. She is a singer-songwriter. The Journey Of a Young writer is the collection of her three books. It contains amazing ideas that will keep you connected to God and sustain a healthy...

A comprehensive summary of what lies within these pages could not be brought to be. I fear toying with expectations will muddy what one may read. For If there was a summary for beauty I'd have no content.Author: L. V. ScottISBN-10: 1728351049ISBN-13: 9781728351049Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage:...

I see The Dakota Nimrod Grows Older as a sequel to my 2017 book, A Dakota Rod and Nimrod. The title is borrowed from Robert Ruark, one of my favorite writers. His classic, The Old Man and the Boy, was followed by The Old...

"Because of my age, my friends frequently showed an interest in my wartime experiences. Sources are diminishing! I prepared a talk about my experiences for their entertainment, it was "well received" so I decided to try for print. Obviously many books in this category...

This is a riveting heartfelt story of triumph of a woman who has evolved in varying facets to be a discerning, kind and an unequivocally stylish, passionate soul. Her story starts in her picturesque native island of Jamaica, which gives a preview of the...

Where the Hell is Chippewa Falls is a "travelogue" through Mary's first eighteen years of growing up in a small mid-western town in the 1920's Depression era.Author: Mary Ann FroedeISBN-10: 1728341930ISBN-13: 9781728341934Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/06/2020Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d