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By her 30s, Natalie Portman had starred in more than three dozen films, including the Academy Award-winning Black Swan, Cold Mountain, V for Vendetta, Star Wars: Episodes I, II and III, and her first major film, The Professional. A consummate actress, she has been...

Este libro se basa mayormente en la vida de mi madre. Les relato en palabras sencillas parte de su ninez, su vida con mi padre; cuando se mudo a Puerto Rico con sus hijas; y como murio. Aunque comienzo con una parte que es...

This book is about a little black American girl who was put in the wrong foster care system. Who she thought was going to be put in a safe place to be love and protective by her lack of adopted families who failed to...

Who am I going to be? Where in the world will I settle down? The journey into the future covers two years, from 1983 to 1985, as a young man who escapes native Poland in political turmoil and economic disaster in the heat of...

Who am I going to be? Where in the world will I settle down? The journey into the future covers two years, from 1983 to 1985, as a young man who escapes native Poland in political turmoil and economic disaster in the heat of...

A colorful and candid look at my 60 years in the music industry. Obviously a large portion of my life has been dedicated to singing and arranging and I will still arrange if the right person asks (and I'm in the mood) but I...

"Henry Adams and the American Experiment," with a new introduction by author David R. Contosta, was initially composed at a time when the United States had seemingly lost its moorings. There was the needless and apparently endless war in Vietnam, the assassinations of Martin...

By the time the war clouds of Europe and Asia spilled onto the shores of the United States, the allied military found itself outmanned, outgunned and out flown. The United States, still reeling from the Great Depression, was in a technological disadvantage in all...

Alice Brown (1856-1948) was an American novelist, poet and playwright, most famous as a writer of local color stories. She also contributed a chapter to the collaborative novel, The Whole Family (1908). She was born in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire and graduated from Robinson...

Every so often, an inspiring book comes along that helps the reader reform their approach to art and life, and A TREASURY OF ART--UNDISCOVERED WORKS 1966-2022 is one of those. The author, Rick Schmidt, was graced by ACTOR VIN DIESEL reading and utilizing his...

I swear this time is different is a two-part novel made up of a compilation of untitled poems and short stories.Author: Juliet HISBN-10: 8210450344ISBN-13: 9798210450340Publisher: BlurbLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/05/2022Pages: 78Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.19d

"Turn Your Wounds Into Wisdom" That's how Oprah Winfrey survived her childhood. At a very young age, she experienced traumatic, life-changing events. However, she never gave up. She followed her passion for speaking out in public and ensured everyone heard her voice. Follow me...

Warren Buffett is America's and probably the world's most renowned businessman, investor, and philanthropist, born in the small town of Omaha, Nebraska, in 1930. As the story unfolds, readers will witness how the prodigy played both his pros and cons in his favor and...

This book reveals the stories and legends of people who once lived and accomplished extraordinary missions in their lifetime. Their biographies were notably responsible for the emergence of a number of fictional superheroes. This publication is an artistic introduction to real superheroes of former...

This book is about Florence, a Bermudian, whose life was fundamentally changed in the 1950s. The hardships and pain that she and her family had to endure and their struggles to survive. It was her tenacity and courage that helped her family during their...

This book is about Florence, a Bermudian, whose life was fundamentally changed in the 1950s. The hardships and pain that she and her family had to endure and their struggles to survive. It was her tenacity and courage that helped her family during their...

The Wardroom recounts an officer's tour aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer. Among other adventures, Thibaut Delloue confronted Russian battlecruisers off the coast of Syria and fought ISIS in Libya, all while struggling with an unhinged captain and his own sanity. More than just one...

Social mobility--the chance, through education, to achieve greater success compared to one's parents--is one of the most compelling issues of our time. In Moving, renowned professor, government adviser, and global change agent Andy Hargreaves shares candid, poignant and occasionally hilarious personal experiences of social...

The story of this Bushman's youngest son starts in 1960s' small town New Zealand where life didn't come without its challenges.This true story begins with a lot of rugby, beer, pig hunting and the socialising that was all part of our basic Kiwi lifestyle.However...

Stupidity is infinitely more fascinating than intelligence. Intelligence has its limits while stupidity has none." Claude ChabrolWev may be an ordinary man, but his life has been anything but normal. The first wild ride in a series of wacky writing adventures, DOPE is action-packed...

This book takes you on a journey through this little girl's childhood and the abuse and abandonment she endured well into her adulthood--losing her dad at a young age, being catapulted into forty years of trauma through that one event, being emotionally abandoned by...

My inspiration for composing this work was to assist and help all persons that mental anguish and years of emotional trauma can be overcome with attaining personal meaning and purpose. Everyone is searching for happiness; however, few seem to discover it let alone find...

I was born during the Jim Crow era, I have discovered recently; that I lived a life of privilege. This is what many have told me. This does not mean that I was not affected by segregation. Yes, everything was separated and not equal....

Este libro se basa mayormente en la vida de mi madre. Les relato en palabras sencillas parte de su ninez, su vida con mi padre; cuando se mudo a Puerto Rico con sus hijas; y como murio. Aunque comienzo con una parte que es...

This is the book that launched Winston Churchill's political career, and therefore one of the most important he ever wrote. With 56 new footnotes explaining terms, events and personalities to the present-day reader, 16 new rare photographs, six maps, and a full index.Winston Churchill's...

The Waste Land was first published in 1922, in the aftermath of a world war and global pandemic. It has been translated into some 35 languages. Berkshire Publishing Group's centenary edition includes, in addition to the title poem, a number of Eliot's best-known early...

The Waste Land was first published in 1922, in the aftermath of a world war and global pandemic. It has been translated into some 35 languages. Berkshire Publishing Group's centenary edition includes, in addition to the title poem, a number of Eliot's best-known early...

Author: Christy LeskovarISBN-10: 1575101505ISBN-13: 9781575101507Publisher: Pictorial Histories PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/22/2010Pages: 291Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.23lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30dReview Citation(s): Reference and Research Bk News 10/01/2011 pg. 48

Essays in this volume about African American writer Langston Hughes include a biographical sketch and four essays that survey the critical reception of his work and explore the cultural and historical contexts and key themes in Hughes's works. Other essays explore topics like Hughes'...

When my granddaughters, Sari and Michelle, were little girls, I read them classical children's stories that I had heard when I was a child myself.To make the stories of Snow White, Cinderella, and Little Red Riding Hood enjoyable, I flourished them with vivid scenes...

It was not just the men who lived on the brink of peril under sail at sea. Lucretia Jansz, who was enslaved as a concubine in 1629, was just one woman who endured a castaway experience. Award-winning historian Joan Druett (Island of the Lost,...

Life Is Like That is a memoir, a collection of over 60 short stories rich with reflections, insights, lessons learned, observations, and commentaries. Some are rooted in serious life issues, others are anchored in nonsense. The stories reflect experiences of the lifespan, from being...

After a series of traumatic events, including breast cancer and a two-year battle with anxiety and depression, Diane Chambers, a professional sign language interpreter, searches for a deeper understanding of mental illness and those who suffer from it. Taking her interpreting work into the...

"Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho Press"During his three terms in office, Governor Smylie could count among his many achievements an increase in the minimum wage, a five-day work week for state employees, creation of the Department of...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). Blues Before Sunrise * Blues Leave Me Alone * Driftin' Blues * Five Long Years * Goin' Away Baby * Groaning the Blues * How Long, How Long Blues * I'm Tore Down * I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man * It...

Born a Sudanese in the then Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Peter Adwok Nyaba went to American Mission School at Dolieb Hill. From there he went to Rumbek Secondary School, then one of the two only secondary schools serving the three southern provinces. He studied in the...

Born a Sudanese in the then Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Peter Adwok Nyaba went to American Mission School at Dolieb Hill. From there he went to Rumbek Secondary School, then one of the two only secondary schools serving the three southern provinces. He studied in the...

Heather reflects on her personal experiences of bereavement as a springboard to discuss many different aspects of grief involving such aspects as miscarriage, COVID-19, illness, faith, incarceration, and migration, to name a few. Her approach is honest and empathetic, as she shares many stories...

Yuendumu is an Aboriginal Community in Central Australia. Since Frank and Wendy Baarda arrived at Yuendumu Native Reserve, at the end of the 'Welfare Era', in 1973, they have witnessed enormous changes in both Aboriginal lifestyle and in the institutional management of their community....

Life is full of twist and turns, and oftentimes we find ourselves in situations that we did not plan, could not imagine, or deal with conditions that we could not control. Echols From The Grave, takes you on a life journey filled with difficulties,...

What was supposed to be a birthday celebration, turns into a homicide, creating a storm. But in the storm there is peace and an assignment is uncovered. In, "Was This Fate?", Charles learns about patience and perseverance. More importantly, he uses his experience to...

Meet Hans Merz, born in Germany in the roaring 20's. He participated in some of the key historical events of his time, from World War II to the Space Race, the Korean War to the Cold War. Join him as he tells his unique...

Have you ever wondered what it's like to work as a nurse? Could this be your calling? Or your career? This book brings you inside the life of a nurse who's been practicing in the field for over 20 years. Her work has spanned...

NOT A SURVIVOR / MORE THAN A CONQUEROR is a journey of life, a journey that reveals that there is nothing that is impossible with God. NOT A SURVIVOR / MORE THAN A CONQUEROR is written with the hope that those who are only...

A Scottish Immigrant met a lady in Boston when they were 17 years old. When he came back from WWII and his troop ship from the European Theater landed in Boston, she was there to meet him. They are now 37 years old and...

Despite all the odds stacked against him-the untimely death of his father, type one diabetes, severe colorblindness and temporal lobe epilepsy-Allen Malnak didn't allow his humble beginnings and shortcomings to hold him back. "We all face obstacles in our life. The difference in our...

Black Men Love is a collaborative book written by fourteen black men from various ages and backgrounds, to express their deep and intimate feelings on love despite the negative cultural perceptions.Author: Kenneth WilsonISBN-10: 8986089432ISBN-13: 9798986089430Publisher: Bobm Publishing, LLC.Language: EnglishPublished: 05/19/2022Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 9.00h...

HAITI IN CENTRAL PARK is a refreshing re-introduction to Haiti. Cut from two different cloths and natives of one city, Brian Fass and Gregory Jesus Luc have collaborated to expose and document one of the many different ethnic groups, which make up New York...

HAITI IN CENTRAL PARK is a refreshing re-introduction to Haiti. Cut from two different cloths and natives of one city, Brian Fass and Gregory Jesus Luc have collaborated to expose and document one of the many different ethnic groups, which make up New York...

"And so it was that on 10th May 1922 Ivy Williams, aged 44, was called to Bar by Inner Temple, marking the end of the struggle for equality in the legal profession and opening the door to many other younger women set on a...