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Post Hole Digger by James W. Pope is a powerful coming-of-age memoir set against the backdrop of rural Iowa during the 1930s and 1940s. Told with honesty and heartfelt detail, this deeply personal narrative captures the struggles and triumphs of a boy who was...

Showing Up is a deeply personal and practical guide to self-examination, intentional living, and personal transformation. Framed around five life-saving principles (Thankfulness, Persuasiveness, Rethinking Time, Writing Things Down, and Showing Reverence), Silas Grant shares raw stories, reflective prompts, and actionable insights to help readers...

Sister to six brothers, university pre-med student, and kidnapped by a globe-trotting Air Force officer, Sue McGowne-McBee's odyssey covers more than six decades of her experiences growing up in America.Her stories draw the reader in with reflections on a simple life of adventure ranging...

Told in fragments and verse, I Had You in July moves through the before, during, and after of losing a mother in the ICU. Each poem is its own small world, yet together they weave a story of fierce love, relentless effort, and raw...

Unveiling Our Story: Intimate African American Narratives is a powerful and timely tribute to the voices that history too often tries to silence. In an era where African American history is being questioned, diluted, and even erased, this book stands as a bold act...

The Dietitian RevolutionFrom Pink Collar to Power Players: Leading the Future of Preventative MedicineFor decades, dietitians have been labeled a pink-collar profession: highly educated and clinically trained, yet historically undervalued, underpaid, and overlooked. While we hold the expertise to prevent and reverse chronic disease,...

Build wealth with purpose. Leave a legacy that lasts.In this modern edition of Andrew Carnegie's classic writings, Building to Last distills the legendary steel magnate's most enduring ideas on ambition, leadership, and the responsibilities of wealth.Born into poverty and self-educated through relentless discipline, Carnegie...

Francisco de Saavedra played a key role in the American victory over the British at the Battle of Yorktown in October 1781.The French and Spanish united in delivering vital help to Washington's army at Yorktown.The French fleet defeated the British fleet that came to...

Ernest H. Wilson (1876-1930), trained at Kew Gardens, became Harvard's most famous plant collector in the early decades of the twentieth century, and established his fame through travels in China and his superb photography. In 1920-21 Wilson collected in Australia, where he was astounded...

In FUELING: From Zero to $1 Billion, Stephen L. Hightower shares his extraordinary journey from cleaning baseboards in his family's janitorial business to building a billion-dollar petroleum empire. This inspiring memoir and business guide offers readers a front-row seat to Hightower's remarkable ascent in...

Present and Powerful is a raw, practical memoir about transforming adversity into resilient, purpose-driven leadership. Drawing on lived experience and proven practices in emotional intelligence and nervous-system regulation, Donna Davis shows how presence, not perfection, elevates performance, communication, and well-being. With clarity and courage,...

God is the Cure, Love is the Answer is the story of Aimee Cabo's growth in spirituality and perseverance to find true love and form a family that could withstand anything. Between 1989 and 1994, her life was called "The Case from Hell" in...

How does a white male Christian escape the confines of being born to privilege?This book is an impressionist memoir. Its many short and very short stories stand alone like many-colored daubs of pigment on an impressionist's canvas. But if you step back and view...

Author: R. Roger RemingtonISBN-10: 1956313095ISBN-13: 9781956313093Publisher: RIT Cary Graphic Arts PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/10/2025Pages: 62Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 7.34h x 7.45w x 0.16d

From Pulitzer and National Book Award finalist Anand Gopal, a mesmerizing and powerful account of six Syrians fighting for a better world, in the tradition of classic works by Philip Gourevitch and Katherine Boo. In 2011, in a northern Syrian city, a small group...

Our genetics and our life experiences define us; when we look back, they tell our story. To truly know who we are requires knowing where we came from. We may not like what we see, nonetheless we are who we are. We are made...

Pain, Tears, Heartache, Heartbreak, Love, Romance, Joy, Laughter, and Sadness is what you will find while reading this story. Sometimes we go through life broken, hurt, sad and depressed. These are all the emotions we do not like to deal with. I realized that...

Imagine, like Peyton Fox, you grow up in a family with longstanding ties to the Navy. You have mixed views of continuing the family legacy and going to the Naval Academy. Academically, athletically, and in leadership, you earn honors. Your decade of meritorious service...

The extraordinary untold story of a legend who redefined what it means to rise, fight, and stand tall on and off the court. Once told she'd never make it because she was too different, too big, too bold. Venus shattered every expectation, leaving an...

"What if your dreams are more real than the life you wake up to?" Billy dreams of a city he's never seen-and yet somehow remembers. A place of shifting skies, sentient forests, and wonders that reflect more than just the self. This place is...

Philip Albenze's life began in the most traumatic way, being born early and remaining in the NICU until he was healthy enough to go home with his parents. As a child, he struggled with asthma and poor health, yet was wrapped in the loving...

A Literary Psychological Thriller (inspired by a real event)A priest's view: "Father Luke is a complex character who will evoke your anger and irritation as well as empathy and forgiveness, tapping into your deepest emotions. And because of him, each time you read the...

The information about the book is not available as of this time.Author: Cynthia DewindtISBN-13: 9798369406533Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/11/2023Pages: 208Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure is a profound memoir by vascular surgeon Dr. Sherman A. Katz, chronicling his fifty-year journey in the rapidly evolving field of medicine and surgery. With gripping candor, surgical precision, and heartfelt wisdom, Dr. Katz reflects...

Explore the rich tapestry of the Stoops family history with this detailed genealogical record. Authored by Mary D. Stoops and Hugh H. Stoops, "Stoops Family" offers a comprehensive look into the lineage, lives, and legacies of the Stoops family members. This book serves as...

Just three months after the London Olympics of 1908, Pat White ran almost 15 minutes faster than the Olympic marathon champion in a professional race over the same course. In Edinburgh three years later, his 2:36:45 would prove faster than the winning times in...

"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf..." (Genesis 49:27)From the ancient words of Jacob to the modern battlefields of Israel, a prophetic thread is unfolding-and it bears the name Benjamin.In this gripping and revelatory book, Israel Simelane explores the astonishing alignment between Benjamin Netanyahu, modern Israel's...

"A Heart That Will Never Heal" by Margaret Jefferson is a powerful and inspiring memoir that chronicles the author's journey through unimaginable hardships, finding solace in faith, and the strength to persevere. Through her personal experiences, the book delves into life's challenges, the devastating...

Sir George Hubert Wilkins led an extraordinary life as a war photographer, aviator, polar explorer, scientist, and naturalist. Born in rural South Australia in 1888, Wilkins became the first to film combat in war, fly across the Arctic, and pilot a submarine beneath the...

History remembers Escobar. It forgot the men who made him. - Meet The Ochoa FamilyLong before the world knew Pablo Escobar, the Ochoa brothers were quietly constructing the foundation of a cocaine empire that would shake the globe. The Ochoa Family is the buried...

Managing Through...the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is an autobiography describing different management types the author encountered over his long career. Managing in any walk of life never changes, only the people who fill the role. The diversity of workplace environments does not...

Managing Through...the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is an autobiography describing different management types the author encountered over his long career. Managing in any walk of life never changes, only the people who fill the role. The diversity of workplace environments does not...

Hocus Focus on God by Amachree Isoboye Afanyaa is a powerful new read challenging believers to look at the Source of their faith in a whole new way. By eliminating distractions and focusing on God, we can start to solve real problems in our...

The book "" A Book About Lawyers, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This...

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This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a...

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: 1.0, University of Asia and the Pacific (College of Arts and Sciences), language: English, abstract: There are different extra-curricular activities for every university in the world....

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, language: English, abstract: For me, learning English has always been quite easy. Though I grew up as a monolingual person...

Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2004 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Institut für Angilistik und Amerikanistik), language: English, abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die Konstruktion von Identität in den Diskursen dergermanisch-neuheidnischen Bewegung in den...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1.0, University of Siegen (Fachbereich 3 - Sprach-, Literatur- und Medienwissenschaften), language: English, abstract: Looking for the origin of the innumerable loanwords in the Japanese language, this...

This book is an autobiography of personal things that happened in my life. The writer was in the military and did his community service as a police cadet in the L.A.P.D.Author: Sanji KarISBN-10: 1984585843ISBN-13: 9781984585844Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/09/2020Pages: 50Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 9.00h x...

Dr. James Burt believed women's bodies were broken, and only he could fix them. In the 1950s, this Ohio OB-GYN developed what he called "love surgery," a unique procedure he maintained enhanced the sexual responses of a new mother, transforming her into "a horny...

Ueli Oswald offers a frank and deeply touching account of exactlythis situation. His father, now in retirement, decides to end his lifeand seeks the help of an assisted dying organisation. Should the sonsupport the old man or should he try to restrain him? How...

This book places Wordsworth's revolutionary poetic practice, in Lyrical Ballads, in the context of a revolutionary age. It considers Wordsworth's provocative theories of how poetry should work, and includes a treatment of the famous 'Preface' to Lyrical Ballads, one of the great poetic manifestos....

Thomas William Coke ("Coke of Norfolk") (1754-1842) is best known as one of the main promoters of the improved farming of the "Agricultural Revolution." He was also a county MP for over forty years between 1776 and 1832; and the owner of one of...

THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE MEMOIRS AND MAGINATIONS TRILOGYThe summer of 1985, Adam Richards returns to the market town in Oxfordshire, where he last lived with his wife and four children. He has been away for 11 years, with no contact and no explanation...

It is hard to find a sense of contentment within oneself in today's society, and this is an issue that Ferdinand Jensen has seen, and wants to help with. Chronicling his journey through spiritualism with a personal touch, ranging from concepts of free will...

Somewhere in one of the countries on the west coast of Africa, a ruthless civil war had broken out. A family of four, a husband and a newly pregnant wife plus two children, unluckily got caught up in the quagmire of this cruel war....

This book "My Life in a Changing America" is autobiographical and relates the episodes that changed my life. Rather than a time line of continuity, the book is divided into stories of events, people and unseen forces that were important at different times in...