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Leona Mae "Grandma" Moats is no ordinary grandmother. Growing up in the heartland of the great Midwest in the 1920s and 1930s, she came to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ at the tender age of ten. Surrounded by loving family and especially her...

In this second book of the Bunny DeBarge trilogy, 'The Kept Ones: The Fame Years" Bunny presents captivating revelations detailing her family's rise to the top of R&B music royalty and how they each came tumbling down, one DeBarge member at a time.And so...

All that glitters isn't gold. Today the truth will be told. To the world DeBarge was R&B music royalty but today the group's lone female member, known professionally as Bunny DeBarge, will sing a different tune; a tune that won't always be in perfect...

My Soul Looks Back and Wonder is a book designed to share with young people who are experiencing challenges in their lives. This book aspires the young generation that obstacles can be overcome; that success can be attained despite the hurdle; and various ways...

No available information at this time. Author will provide once available.Author: Gerald YanceyISBN-10: 1669841618ISBN-13: 9781669841616Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/23/2022Pages: 148Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

No available information at this time. Author will provide once available.Author: Gerald YanceyISBN-10: 166984160XISBN-13: 9781669841609Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/23/2022Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d

Author: Dean StottISBN-10: 1665725176ISBN-13: 9781665725170Publisher: Archway PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/22/2022Pages: 290Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d

This is an inspirational book. With God by your side all things are possible for those who love our Lord Jesus Christ. And if I can do it so can you.Author: Sarah JeanISBN-10: 1665568968ISBN-13: 9781665568968Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/22/2022Pages: 94Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w...

In this book I provide my answers to the questions which mankind has asked since the beginning of time: Is there a God? Is there a heaven? Is there an after-life? Do we reincarnate? Do we have an eternal soul? What is a "soul"?...

Why Stand Up? describes the ordeal of a community leader, pastor, teacher, husband and father for his activities during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. He was threatened with death, and the bombing of his home as well as the church he pastored....

Maria's story begins in Guatemala, a country in Central America. It describes the hardships, mischievousness, and happiness of her childhood, along with her parents, five brothers, and four sisters. At an early age and being the oldest child, she assumes the responsibility to take...

Living Thirteen Years in Latin America is a synopsis of three books: Living in El Salvador, Living in Nicaragua, and Living in Brazil. As a twenty-year-old, I joined the Peace Corps and was sent to El Salvador. Before going to El Salvador, I spent...

Discover new and unheard-of facts about Hollywood's coolest car guy: Steve McQueen!Steve McQueen touched the world through his larger-than-life onscreen persona portraying characters that were flawed and realistic. He played his roles to perfection due to his own imperfections and the bitter realism of...

Revolutionary, unionist and socialist James Connolly is best known for his part in organizing the bloody Easter Rising of 1916. Yet the Rising was just one defining event in a career devoted to peaceful activism for Irish independence, social justice for the working class,...

 This first study on Woodrow Wilson as the commander in chief during the Great War analyzes his management style before the war, his diplomacy and his battle with the Senate. It considers the war as representing the collapse of Western traditional virtues and...

Considered by many to be the architect of the modern U.S. Army, Union General Emory Upton commanded troops in almost every major battle of the Civil War's Eastern Theater. Witnessing some of the war's bloodiest engagements convinced him of the need for comprehensive reform...

This first-ever biography exploring the life of Ping Chong (1946), successful avant-garde artist and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, focuses on his valuable contributions to modern theatre. Drawing on primary sources and her own attendance of Chong's productions, the author takes a broad and...

Bursting onto the scene as a 20-year-old rookie, Arky Vaughan quickly established himself as the next great Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop. In 1935 his .385 batting average eclipsed even that of the immortal Honus Wagner, who was a steadying influence for Vaughan during his 10...

An awe-inspiring history of the five most legendary "classic" races in world cycling. The Tour de France may provide the most obvious fame and glory, but it is cycling's one-day tests that the professional riders really prize. Toughest, longest and dirtiest of all are...

"The Life They Never Knew" is a biography about a portion of my life before I had a wife and children. The book is dedicated and written for them so they know what my life was like. The book takes the reader through my...

This is a life story of a man who immigrated tothe U.S. in 1969 with a degree in engineering andsucceeded in building a business. I thought of writingmy unique experience due to my circumstances. Thetravel to the U.S. was very coincidental with no priorknowledge...

See how it was for a talented African American boy growing up in New York City in the 1950s, coming of age in the 1960s, in a neighborhood called Spanish Harlem. Television was still a novelty, school was a necessity and, having abusive parents,...

The story of one of America's most prolific, respected illustrators... who few people ever heard of - until now.For decades, Thomas B. Sawyer created countless high-energy images of "happy people with happy problems" that appeared in every imaginable venue, from the nation's biggest newspapers...

A lifelong city dweller, Verena Andermatt Conley had long harbored romantic ideals about the natural world and dreamed of a wilderness retreat for herself and her husband, Tom. When a sizable tract of land along the Vermillion River on the edge of Minnesota's Boundary...

The multi-faceted Revolutionary War career of Benjamin Tallmadge included operations as a dragoon commander, intelligence and counter-intelligence officer, and master of combined land-sea operations. Tallmadge fought in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, and Germantown, and defended the Patriot population in the no-man's-land...

The Andrews Sisters, the legendary singing trio of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s are the most successful female singing group in history and were the world's top selling group until the Beatles arrived. Of the 605 songs they recorded, 113 charted. They also made...

Creating family is a magical time for most, but for those reliant on the complexities of IVF, egg donation and surrogacy, this process can take years of struggle. It can be a pressure cooker mentally, physically and financially. With declining birth rates and increasing...

When Paul Trible-former U.S. Senator and congressman from Virginia-arrived at Christopher Newport University as its new president in 1996, CNU was a spunky school with heart, but it wasn't in the best of shape financially, academically, or aesthetically. Its future was not bright. Paul...

Author: Denise Wedington JonesISBN-10: 0578299747ISBN-13: 9780578299747Publisher: Denise Wedington JonesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/08/2021Pages: 130Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d

A decade into its hard-won democracy, South Africa and its ruling party, the ANC, have been through turbulent times: confrontation between Thabo Mbeki and his then deputy Jacob Zuma; the dismissal of Zuma as Deputy; Zuma's defeat of Mbeki in ANC presidential elections; and...

Author: Thomas MoreISBN-10: 1849021961ISBN-13: 9781849021968Publisher: Benediction BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/12/2009Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d

When Lev Vygotsky: Revolutionary Scientist published, it was unique in several ways. It presented Vygotsky as a Marxist methodologist, both locating him in his historical period and delineating how his life and writings have been a catalyst for a contemporary revolutionary, practical-critical, psychology. It...

Description A varied collection of parents' stories about raising children and teenagers with Aspergers. The contributors have bravely written totally honest, deeply moving and sometimes harrowing accounts about what it really feels like to care for a challenging child. The book helps to remove...

Our Suicidal Teenagers- Description The theological and practical question at the heart of this book is what does it mean to care and be cared for. This book is the story of an ordinary mother's personal family life through the nightmare of caring for...

Description "Tambourine" is dedicated to the good, brave people of Spain who provided refuge to Gypsies and Jews fleeing the Vichy French. This is a story of courage and hope in the face of unrelenting danger. It is a story of ingenuity and strength,...

Evelyn Becker McCune was born in the walled city of Pyongyang, Korea, in 1907. She was the first child of Methodist educational missionaries, Arthur and Louise Becker. This is the story of Evelyn Becker McCune, Arthur L. Becker, her father and George McAfee McCune,...

"Through Angela's Eyes" reveals the experiences of psychic Angela Moore as told in her own words. While her experiences are sometimes poignant, occasionally eerie, and often humorous, they are always entertaining. Many of her essays have been aired on acclaimed radio station, WNCW in...

A soldier-author's view of the American frontier The history of the expansion of the frontier of America is particularly marked by the famous-perhaps legendary-trails upon which pioneers in their 'prairie schooners' or cattlemen driving their great herds crossed the vast continental interior. All roads...

Nina Simone defied musical categories even as she fought against social ones and the result is a body of work that draws on classical and jazz music, country blues, French chanson, gospel, protest songs, pop and rock tunes, turning genres and styles inside out...

The work of Andrzej Wajda, one of the world's most important filmmakers, shows remarkable cohesion in spite of the wide ranging scope of his films, as this study of his complete output of feature films shows. Not only do his films address crucial historical,...

"Edith and Victor Turner were among the most influential researchers and teachers and social and cultural anthropology in the twentieth century. Together they, and Edie alone after Vic's death, raised the idea of participant observation (and indeed of team learning) to heights and depth...

These letters provide a fascinating insider's account of everyday life in China at a time when, although the country is rapidly undergoing change, it is still possible to "catch some of the old China". The author has something to say on every aspect of...

In the year 1400 the princes of Europe sympathetically were much bestirred, fearing the imminent fall of Constantinople and the extinction of the Eastern Empire. The Ottoman Sultan B zay d (otherwise Bajazet) was already in possession of almost the whole of what subsequently...

As a pioneering foreign correspondent, Conor O'Clery has been witness to some of the major world events of the past thirty years, including the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, the Iran-Iraq war, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Clinton years in the White House,...

The Smell of Kerosene tells the dramatic story of a NASA research pilot who logged over 11,000 flight hours in more than 125 types of aircraft. Donald Mallick gives the reader fascinating firsthand descriptions of his early naval flight training, carrier operations, and his...

While I was writing 'The Anti-Hero, ' it was then that I made up my mind to write a summary of all eleven novels since I started on this endeavour back in 2009. As people read this summary they will see plenty of dialogue,...

They say bartenders are amateur therapists - the same could also be said for taxi drivers.Andrew Njanjo is from Cameroon and he has been living in London since 1994. Since 1996 he has been driving a taxicab around London, lending an ear, offering advice...

Visit a place where your accent is an aphrodisiac, invites a Las Vegas tourist board ad on the London Underground. Just the right amount of wrong, offers another from The Cosmopolitan Hotel. Clearly, it works. Over forty million people a year travel to Vegas,...

A full-colour illustrated history of the store that changed gaming for ever, as told by its founders.Games Workshop, Warhammer, White Dwarf, Citadel Miniatures and Fighting Fantasy are names which trigger powerful memories for millions of people around the world. The cultural impact of Games...

As an adult, Ina harboured a secret that she had kept from almost everyone but her close family and childhood friends. A confession of sorts, Pussified is an honest outpouring as Ina courageously comes out.After a childhood diagnosis of mixed gonadal dysgenesis, she explores...