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Everybody searches for that special place to call "home." How was I to know that mine would be found in a picture postcard village in the foothill of France's Pyr n es mountains? OVER HERE is the first-year diary of a California couple who...

Torbj rg (Thea) Nilsdatter R nning (1865-1898), was born on a farm outside the town of B in Telemark, Norway. Thea and her two brothers, Nils Nilson and Halvor Nilson, immigrated to America in the 1880s. All three distinguished themselves in God s service....

In the early 1970s a special government program was created to help disadvantaged individuals succeed with their small businesses. Today the Small Business Administration's 8(a) business development program has helped many prosper in the world of small business. A Piece of the Pie profiles...

Reflections of Love, Loss, and Healing while traveling the continent in an RVAuthor: Robin N. ChesbroISBN-10: 1930253184ISBN-13: 9781930253186Publisher: Apache Beach PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/30/2010Pages: 296Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.67d

Random Garifunas Biographies; Garifunas You May Not Know is a compilation of Garifunas throughout the globe recollected through Internet research. A project with the mission of capturing and documenting our contributions to the global society, our local communities and humanity as part of UNESCO...

Homicide investigations are clearly one of the highest priorities for any state or local law enforcement agency. In murder investigations, many agencies follow the 72-hour rule, in which officers closely investigate the first 48 hours after the homicide occurred and the 24 hours prior...

Bob Gartshore's 44-year flying career spanned a period of rapid aviation development - from fabric-covered Piper Cubs to Boeing 747s. He logged more than 21,000 hours flying to six continents for the RCAF and three airlines. Bob was an instructor on numerous aircraft, Link...

Just a Simple Innkeeper follows the authors humble beginnings from a small town in Ireland who found himself immersed in the world of hospitality and hotel management, which allowed him to travel and work around the world and meet a diverse set of people....

Breaking Free is more than just a story of survival. It is a lesson. A reminder that our past does not define us, and that the cultural barriers that oppress us can be the very key that opens our cage. Through sharing her life...

Robert Gordon Menzies, later Sir Robert, was Australia's longest-serving prime minister, leading the party that he founded, the Liberal Party into Government, from 1949 to 1966 winning seven successful elections in a row. More than this, he had been prime minister from 1939-41 though...

A Journey Through the Elements is an entertaining account of one man's journey through life as a geologist. Part 'Boys' Own Adventure', part 'Ode to Nature', the narrative travels from Australia to California, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and beyond as it brings to life...

Hazel's memoir is set in Burma during the turbulent period following the Second World War and the subsequent civil war. From a family's endurance, a mother's faith and a young girl's traumatic journey through her teenage years ultimately springs a story of redemption and...

"Give me everything in the till. Notes only Don't make me nervous or I'll shoot " The waitress handed me twenty dollars. I fled back to the car and John hightailed it outta there. At seventeen she was living in an old car, fleeing...

In April 2020, author Wael Ibrahim was struck with a severe slipped disc. Pinned to the ground for hours, then wheelchair bound for months, he was unable to stand, or even pay a visit to the toilet. The pain was excruciating, leaving him mentally...

If you're into blood and guts, let's see gory weave it's magic with this new and bloodied book.Author: Justin BroughtonISBN-10: 1922629502ISBN-13: 9781922629500Publisher: Green Hill PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/15/2021Pages: 122Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 6.00h x 4.00w x 0.26d

- Do you want to make more money from a side-hustle, investing as little of your time as 2 hours per week?- Are you tired of the 9-5 lifestyle, working over time just to make enough money to get by? - Are you passionate...

This fascinating and engrossing book should be read by anyone with an interest in the Vietnam War, Southeast Asia and Australia's relations with the region. It offers exciting behind-the-scenes insights into: - The Vietnam War and its strategic importance to the region - Ted...

When poet and biographer Grevel Lindop takes up salsa dancing in rainy Manchester, all he has are size 12 feet and excruciating adolescent memories of ballroom dancing lessons. But salsa has a way of getting into your blood. Intense and intimate, sexy and addictive,...

Two brothers, best of friends, shared fun-filled adventures, trips, and experiences for many years. But a devastating cancer diagnosis suddenly forces them into facing a rollercoaster of medical tests, hospital stays, and gruelling treatment.In No-One Dies If They Are Remembered Allan Horne shares the...

It's 2005 and Jason Heppenstall is trying to forget the violent start to his new life in Spain - so setting up a newspaper in an oddball town in the mountains south of Granada seems like just the ticket. But with no journalism skills...

A collection of memorable stories and extraordinary events from the life of highly qualified veterinary surgeon Julian Earl. Filled with humour, drama and intriguing situations - including at least one case of a cow stuck up a tree - Julian's tales from his illustrious...

Forty-five million years ago, the supercontinent of Gondwanaland split apart, creating what we know as India, Africa, and South America. Curiously, this vast landmass was named after the aboriginal tribe of Gonds, who lived in central India.Meeting a Gond storyteller on a visit to...

"Clearly written from the heart with his life's blood." - Oscar-winning director, John Schlesinger."Mr Skelly's talent shines through every page." - Walter Greenwood. Author, Love On The Dole."Skelly is a very good writer." - American novelist, Norman Mailer.Young Sheridan is an exceptional kid. Astute...

Like many founding fathers, Rida Sa d (1876-1946) lived a cosmopolitan life before taking on his monumental contribution to building the modern nation of Syria. Born in Damascus in 1876, Said trained as a medical doctor in Istanbul and Paris. As a young man,...

Bob Turney must be the first 'dunce' - and from the wrong side of the tracks-to win a debate at the Oxford Union, to have addressed assembly at Eton College, been welcomed as a guest at No. 10 Downing Street, dined at the House...

A routine neck adjustment left Sandy Nette trapped in her own body. Paralysed by a series of violent strokes after her arteries were ripped by a chiropractor, she was unable to move or swallow or talk. Suddenly, Sandy was a prisoner of locked-in syndrome,...

A rescue dog leads a struggling financial advisor to the wealth he is looking for. Steve, a burnt out banker, has spent a lifetime advising others. He envisages his retirement as "the light at the end of the tunnel of responsibility". But instead of...

Katharine is an enigma - her life is a story - with ingredients in it that any novelist would envy - starting from less than nothing in a miserable home environment caught between an unsympathetic mother and a kindly but disturbed father with a...

Marie Adelheid, Prinzessin Reu -zur Lippe was a rebellious young woman and aspiring writer from an ancient princely family who became a fervent Nazi. Heinrich Vogeler was a well-regarded Jugendstil artist who was to join the German Communist Party and later emigrate to the...

Michael Goulder is a scholar who has always taken an original approach to the Bible and biblical criticism. He has developed five major theories, which challenged received opinion among the learned; and the book tells the story of how these 'stones' fared when confronting...

Marillion first formed, as Silmarillion, in 1978. Casual observers might believe the band fell into obscurity after the departure of vocalist Fish in 1988. However Marillion thrive to this day, prospering outside the mainstream and enjoying a perhaps uniquely close relationship with a devoted...

Author: Peter BarrettISBN-10: 1904846858ISBN-13: 9781904846857Publisher: Northern Bee BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/21/2011Pages: 270Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.57d

The best portrait of Jay Landesman as a cultural conduit was written by Beat historian John Clellon Holmes, 'Most of the time, Landesman was that unique phenomenon in a status-drunk society: a man who knew that the only really hip style is the next...

First full study of the life and career of St William of York, revealing his importance to the medieval church. St William of York achieved the unique distinction of being elected archbishop of York twice and being canonised twice. Principally famous for his role...

The incognito incarnation of gTértön Aro Yeshé returns to Nepal having tried to fulfill the predictions of Kyabjé Düd'jom Rinpoche: 3 years in the 1970s' Art School scene attempting to live as a ngakpa. He has mixed success. He visits Samye Ling in Scotland...

Two Hundred years ago in Quebec was born Canada's best-selling author. He was rated as a superior orator to Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier and Joseph Papineau. Most Quebec households had a portrait of him as he managed to convince half of Quebecers to sign...

They struggled to clear a new path for women; these are the stories of modern spiritual pioneers. "I imagine this book as a dinner party where women have eagerly gathered for a conversation about being a woman, a person of faith, and a leader....

Traces the beginning of IBM from its beginnings as the National Cash Register under Thomas Watson, Sr., showing how it forged ahead of all others and defined the electronic world.Author: Robert SobelISBN-10: 1893122824ISBN-13: 9781893122826Publisher: Beard BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/20/2000Pages: 388Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.37lbsSize: 9.03h x 6.02w...

Twenty years ago Paul Samuel Dolman created and released a book of forty intimate interviews with notable Nashvillians, entitled What Matters Most. The book featured groundbreaking conversations with a highly diverse demographic of citizens. From country superstar, Wynonna Judd, to an Islamic street vendor,...

Born in Oklahoma, Jan marries oil engineer Gene Grogan and travels the world, moving nineteen times to live on five continents from Kenya and the Scottish Highlands to Patagonia and Arabia's Empty Quarter--with children in tow. Exotic and hilarious, sometimes perilous, Jan's odyssey is...

The Genealogical Journey of Four FamiliesFrom Mayflower passengers to nineteenth-century Scottish immigrants, Roots in America: Millers, Claypools, Grants, and Swiggetts from Settlement to the Midwest tells the story of author Abigail Miller's paternal ancestors.She describes the journey of four families, largely of British origin,...

Warren's first book, a biography that foreshadows the themes developed in novels like All the King's Men, portrays the flawed idealist whose violent seizure of the Harper's Ferry arsenal led to the greater violence of the Civil War. Southern Classics Series.Author: Robert Penn WarrenISBN-10:...

This is the story of one of Australia's Pioneer Women, who spent most of her life in the gold fields of Bendigo.In 1841, aged only 19, Ellen Suter fled poverty and squalor in the back-streets of Portsmouth and set off alone to live in...

BERNARDINO LUINI By James Mason A short introduction to the art of Bernardino Luini, the Italian Renaissance master, covering every period in the painter's career. Luini's art follows in the wake of Leonardo da Vinci, but establishes its own distinctive, mysterious style. Fully illustrated...

D RER By Herbert E.A. Furst Albrecht D rer is one of the great masters of the Renaissance in Europe, embodying the richness and inspiration of German art. This book is a fully illustrated general introduction to the life and art of D rer....

Caminante - Wanderer is the story of loss and the struggle to recuperate that which is lost. We all make our own way in this world, and, as the poet Antonio Machado pointed out, the path is one we make as we travel. There...

The information about the author is not available as of this time.Author: Ann MichaelISBN-10: 166982750XISBN-13: 9781669827504Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/2022Pages: 114Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

The information about the author is not available as of this time.Author: Ann MichaelISBN-10: 1669827496ISBN-13: 9781669827498Publisher: Xlibris UsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/2022Pages: 114Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d

This book is about a mans journey to better himself the accolades he received at his job for his performance and how to find answers when things go wrong in certain situations in life. I have been through a traumatic event and this was...

This book is about a mans journey to better himself the accolades he received at his job for his performance and how to find answers when things go wrong in certain situations in life. I have been through a traumatic event and this was...