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The huge, flamboyant, unique clocks made by Abner Jones at Bloomfield, NY, in the period 1818-41 have emerged over time as most intriguing to the upstate New York clock cognoscenti. Beyond the clocks, however, Jones the man and maker has remained an enigma. Where...

When the #MeToo movement went global in fall 2017, the world opened its eyes to the pervasive culture of workplace harassment toward women. While the media focused on abuses at powerful corporations and the Hollywood casting couch, voices of female victims in average American...

The story of Legacy lies at the intersection of ancestry research and early American history. My ancestors were there at the beginning of America including descendants of four native tribes. My European ancestors arrived in New England on the Mayflower and ships soon thereafter;...

LUCKY is a self-experienced travel book, told mainly in pictures. However, there are plenty of stories and descriptions. Positive, friendly, embracing, warm-hearted, and very colorful. The story is told by Karsten Bie Jensen.It is about passion for life and navigating via the heart.Most of...

Kaitlin is an energetic and imaginative girl whose life is upended at the age of ten when her parents divorce and her mother reveals a secret she's hidden for years. Kaitlin's father isn't her biological dad.Kaitlin's mother remarries an Army vet, but he is...

Have you ever learned more from someone in ten days than you did during their entire lifetime? What if that person was your father as he battled Alzheimer's during a global pandemic? Within four years of his Alzheimer's diagnosis, my dad could no longer...

The Ruby Mirror is a lively, humorous and poignant collection of personal essays in which Lisa Williams Kline explores topics that preoccupy us for our entire lives -- religion, marriage, divorce, interfaith marriage, raising children, caring for elderly parents, and our own mortality. Lisa...

At the turn of the twentieth century, William Irvine, a Scotsman, embarked on an experiment to restore the first century primitive New Testament ministry and church, using Matthew 10 as his model. The revolutionary movement caught on rapidly in the British Isles. Irvine's charismatic...

At the turn of the twentieth century, William Irvine, a Scotsman, embarked on an experiment to restore the first century primitive New Testament ministry and church, using Matthew 10 as his model. The revolutionary movement caught on rapidly in the British Isles. Irvine's charismatic...

Fulfilling the Dream: My Pathway to Leadership and Finding Purpose in Serving Others is an honest, eye-opening, and inspiring book about setting aside personal ego and ignoring racial and political bias to bless and benefit others. Wayman Britt's story is a tale of believing...

Belynda's recipe for life, Beauty Queen Blues, is an intimate (at times raw) memoir told from her creative, curious, crazy point of view. From her mother she learned proper etiquette, explicit self-control, and how to sew. Her devil-may-care dad crossed more than a few...

Chevy at the Levee - Dreams is about romance, travel, adventure and the loss of a spouse.These pages weave a tribute to the author's wife who endured the tragedy of an incurable disease, but sustained her unselfish, loving personality. The author reveals his grieving...

Lessons From The Mahaw Bog is a historical study, which provides a big picture of what black education was like during a period of United States history that should be known and remembered, a resource for teacher certification programs, professional development training, African American...

Most of us are able to recall at least one early childhood memory. One of those memories takes me back to a time when I was around four years of age. That would be the day that my grandmother pulled up in front of...

I am not an author, nor do I claim to be. However I am very interested in getting you to read my book. I want to share with you the many secrets that lie beyond the boundaries of land! Those secrets that stretch far...

Catherine Elizabeth Clay was born on June 1st and lives in Los Angeles with her teenage son. She lives with a brain tumor you get to age with, an arachnoid cyst, over her pituitary gland that caused her to come so hard she hit...

Kaleidoscope of Being is my spiritual journey with the Lord through the ups and downs of Bipolar Disorder as well as life in general. God and nature play main roles in seeing me through this illness every day in every way. Welcome to my...

The author lays the foundation in his account of his own life as a student during the last years of the "Old U"-a period that came to a natural end. His telling is rich in details - in the names, dates, and places that...

There are happy, sad, embarrassing, and funny stories the author, Debbie Goulet, portrays in, "As the Pie Bakes," in her journey as a waitress for 30 years. She shares how she embarks on a journey of faith with God, and how God changed her...

In this hilarity-infused and unique memoir, Josh discusses the idea of navigating change. Josh's careers as a U.S. Air Force Pilot, Restaurant Owner, Texas State Trooper, Winery Operations Manager, and Systems Engineer have provided him with a unique perspective on life and career adaptation....

This book is a nostalgic trip back to how life was in the 1950s, especially for a low-income budgeted family living within a veterans housing project in East Boston, Massachusetts. Household life and its perceptions and observations are seen through the eyes of the...

In 2018, I suffered a massive cerebral stroke at the age of 24 after cracking my neck. I woke up in a hospital with little knowledge of myself, the world, or any grounding in reality because of the damage to my brain along with...

Wounded from devastation and grief of many childhood tragedies.Ultimately led to the opening of doors into another realm oftribulation and torment into Kristie's early and adult years. She takesyou into the journey of the stories of her life that transcend into apowerful testimony. Stories...

Wounded from devastation and grief of many childhood tragedies.Ultimately led to the opening of doors into another realm oftribulation and torment into Kristie's early and adult years. She takesyou into the journey of the stories of her life that transcend into apowerful testimony. Stories...

Real Life Story About the Gilgo Beach Murders and The Craigslist ReaperBiography Documentary Real Life StoryAuthor: Jason LangISBN-10: 8885362192ISBN-13: 9798885362191Publisher: Writers Republic LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/31/2022Pages: 92Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

Real Life Story About the Gilgo Beach Murders and The Craigslist Reaper. Biography Documentary Real Life StoryAuthor: Jason LangISBN-10: 8885362184ISBN-13: 9798885362184Publisher: Writers Republic LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/31/2022Pages: 92Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d

Come with me in a journey through darknessshare in the mystery of my mindyou never knowit might feel like home.Author: M. SargeantISBN-10: 8833297330ISBN-13: 9798833297339Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/04/2022Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.21d

Bob and Angie Griffiths grew their building and development business to be the most coveted in Wolverhampton by selecting professionals in their field and delivering quality, service and price to their extensive customer base. With the business poised for further growth they are introduced...

My personal insights from quarantining during COVID-19Author: Markita WrightISBN-10: 8430841067ISBN-13: 9798430841065Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/11/2022Pages: 110Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.23d

Claude L騅i-Strauss, the most celebrated of twentieth-century anthropologists, has influenced the entire field of the humanities and social sciences. Looking at the formative part of his career, Christopher Johnson examines his definitions of anthropology; theory of structuralism; ideas on modern and "primitive" civilizations; and...

A stunning piece of work that transcends the genre of sports biography. -- Kirkus ReviewsBoxing aficionados will be fascinated . . . a valuable addition to American social history. -- Washington Post Book WorldThis outstanding book not only chronicles the career of a great...

This book tells the history of the French Renaissance through the lives of its most prominent queens and mistresses, beginning with Agn s Sorel, the first officially recognized royal mistress in 1444; including Anne of Brittany, Catherine de Medici, Anne Pisseleu, Diane de Poitiers,...

Flinders Petrie has been called the "Father of Modern Egyptology"--and indeed he is one of the pioneers of modern archaeological methods. This fascinating biography of Petrie was first published to high acclaim in England in 1985. Margaret S. Drower, a student of Petrie's in...

In 1919, Florence Deshon--tall, radical, and charismatic--was well on her way to becoming one of Hollywood's brightest stars. Embroiled in a clandestine affair with Charlie Chaplin, she continued to remain romantically involved with the well-known writer and socialist Max Eastman. By 1922, she was...

Named one of the "75 People You Should Know" by Trains Magazine, Jim McClellan was a railroading legend and one of the railroad industry's titans. An iconic and innovative executive, McClellan participated in the creation of both Amtrak and Conrail and worked for the...

Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, a Zimbabwean guitarist, vocalist, and composer, has performed worldwide and released some 50 albums. One of a handful of artists to have a beat named after him, Mtukudzi blends Zimbabwean traditional sounds with South African township music and American gospel and...

Steve Cushing, the award-winning host of the nationally syndicated public radio staple Blues Before Sunrise, has spent more than thirty years observing and participating in the Chicago blues scene. In the expanded second edition of Pioneers of the Blues Revival, Cushing adds new interviewees...

This collection assembles the best interviews from Steve Cushing's long-running radio program Blues Before Sunrise, the nationally syndicated, award-winning program focusing on vintage blues and R&B. As both an observer and performer, Cushing has been involved with the blues scene in Chicago for decades....

Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was a Nigerian activist who fought for suffrage and equal rights for her countrywomen long before the second wave of the women's movement in the United States. Her involvement in international women's organizations led her to travel the world in the period...

Anagarika Dharmapala is one of the most galvanizing figures in Sri Lanka's recent turbulent history. He is widely regarded as the nationalist hero who saved the Sinhala people from cultural collapse and whose "protestant" reformation of Buddhism drove monks toward increased political involvement and...

Best known for reviving the tradition of classical liberalism, F. A. Hayek was also a prominent scholar of the philosopher John Stuart Mill. One of his greatest undertakings was a collection of Mill's extensive correspondence with his longstanding friend and later companion and wife,...

In 1940 seven-year-old Tony Bailey was evacuated to the United States--one of more than 16,000 children sent overseas at a time when a Nazi invasion of England seemed inevitable. He spent four years with the wealthy Spaeth family in Dayton, Ohio, before returning to...

Harpreet Grover and Vibhore Goyal met in college and then spent the next decade of their lives building a company before exiting successfully. One way to tell their story is this: they had a dream, they followed it and, then, through perseverance, they made...

Stylized collectable stands 3.75 inches tall, perfect for any Onward fan!Author: FunkoISBN-10: 9698455868ISBN-13: 0889698455862Publisher: FunkoLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/19/2020Format: OtherNot available to be shipped via Media Mail

A Marriage Made in Heaven is a book about eternal love, devastating loss, and the profound healing that came afterward. It is a book about how trusting in God and having an all-powerful faith helped me and my family conquer overwhelming obstacles resulting from...

This book begins with the story of the life journey of the author Ebony Mitchell. It's a story of Salvation, Healing, and Deliverance that inspired Mitchell's Inspirational Alter-Ego Movement. This movement displays through Visual Testimonial Portraits in the book how to reach healing for...

Author: Bill DanceISBN-10: 8985060597ISBN-13: 9798985060591Publisher: Hillhelen Group LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/2022Pages: 310Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.61lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d

You Can't Win is an autobiography by burglar and hobo Jack Black, written in the early to mid-1920s and first published in 1926. It describes Black's life on the road, in prison and his various criminal capers in the American and Canadian west from...

You Can't Win is an autobiography by burglar and hobo Jack Black, written in the early to mid-1920s and first published in 1926. It describes Black's life on the road, in prison and his various criminal capers in the American and Canadian west from...

A story like this is in every city, of every state in the country....and probably the world. It is everywhere. Rampant in the Family Court system, but there has never been any provisions to punish those individuals who make up horrific lies about the...