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This is a survival story of a single mother having thirteen children. The father runs off and leaves. She has no high school diploma and no college degree. After the father disappears and leaves her for dead, she gets well and picks herself up....

Daddy! Letters to Discovery is a memoir that takes a unique perspective through the journey of dealing with the grief of the death of a loved one. Through poetry, prose, letters, and journal entries, author Tiffany Burch takes us from the moments before the...

Daddy! Letters to Discovery is a memoir that takes a unique perspective through the journey of dealing with the grief of the death of a loved one. Through poetry, prose, letters, and journal entries, author Tiffany Burch takes us from the moments before the...

Wisconsin family physician, Dr. James Damos, knows firsthand what rural practice can contribute to the body of medicine and to the communities they serve. While most of today's medical students will choose specialized fields of care in a city environment, James Damos bucked the...

The Old Maine Woman returns with her customary combination of sass, insight, and nostalgia in a host of new essays that shed their own particular light on the quandaries of being female, growing up, getting married, and getting older as a woman in the...

My Family History Articles is a compilation of eight human-interest features with vintage photographs that pertain to the author's paternal and maternal ancestral history in the east Tennessee community of Coalfield during the period of 1852-1946. Apart from relatives and even those non-relatives whose...

After ten years of blogging, Emily Kemme began to notice a change in her posts. Voicing her individuality had evolved from what some people labeled a troublesome personality trait into self-assurance, which she now applies daily to a variety of situations. Whether it's managing...

My name is John and I am an addictIt started in my youth, the cravings that started to invade my thoughts made me reclusive and I would retire to my bedroom. I could not get enough back then and I have tried and failed...

This is a love story of two people and their animals. They met in 1961, were engaged in three weeks, married in three months, and rescued their first animal a month later. It is also a story of adventure, living in Port Moresby for...

Tales of Hazard is the only record of some unique broadcasts organised by the BBC in the summer of 1932, under the title of the 'Hazard Series'. Each broadcast was given by a man who had risked his life fighting for his country or...

Many people will most likely relate to this book as it covers some dark truths about not only ourselves, but the world we currently live in. I pour my heart out into this book on where my mind is and what kind of thoughts...

Many people will most likely relate to this book as it covers some dark truths about not only ourselves, but the world we currently live in. I pour my heart out into this book on where my mind is and what kind of thoughts...

This book is a personal journey of the author to find a faith which would give him meaning to both his life and an understanding of life beyond just existing day to day. Along his life's journey he experienced different religions. While he found...

This book is in part autobiographical in that it examines the life of Vincenzo Rulli. It is a story that needs telling. It needs telling because his life commences with an awareness of him being disassociated from his body. It needs telling because it...

This book is a true-life story of a person who thought all hope was lost for her; even on the journey, she once lost hope because of her Disability. Throughout her life journey, she often proves herself and reshapes perceptions and expectations; she often...

Once books kick-start their brains, girls change history. Discover the foundation of reading that empowered some of the world's most influential women in this informative and inspirational illustrated middle grade collection of twenty biographies. What do Cleopatra, Audre Lorde, and Taylor Swift have in...

Shay is an eager little pup who is so excited to become a service dog to help veterans, but she has a lot to learn to be effective in her new role. Jake, a retired service dog from the Veterans Assistance Dogs of Texas,...

Shay is an eager little pup who is so excited to become a service dog to help veterans, but she has a lot to learn to be effective in her new role. Jake, a retired service dog from the Veterans Assistance Dogs of Texas,...

In a career spanning six decades, Herman V Wall was recognized for his photographic skills as one of the best of the 20th century. There is something essential and compelling in his photos, whether the renowned D-Day landing pictures (the first to be seen...

In a career spanning six decades, Herman V Wall was recognized for his photographic skills as one of the best of the 20th century. There is something essential and compelling in his photos, whether the renowned D-Day landing pictures (the first to be seen...

My Extra Life is about one woman's quest to get a SAG card. She also wants to become an NFL play-by-play announcer because she is obsessed with the game of football. The majority of the book is about her experiences on movie and TV...

My name is Corinna Montgomery, born 1962 in East Germany, City of Jena. I started school 1968 and finished in 1978. I started a vocational school as Dressmaker. I couldn't finish this school because I got arrested. The reason for this was, my parents...

The Principles of David & Goliath Volume 2: Strategy & Goal Methods In The Principles of David and Goliath, we honor those who never waver in their mindset and beliefs, and for those who choose to take on the giants, even when it is...

This is a contemplative reflection on the spirituality of healing, the fruit of the author's lifetime in conducting spiritual direction and psychotherapy, drawing on his lessons from Thomas Merton and study of the mystical path. It is largely written in the form of a...

Wade in the Water celebrates the spirituals both as art form and as unique and powerful cultural expression. Exploring the African roots of the spirituals, Jones explores the way the songs conceal a language of freedom and resistance, and the way that their spiritual...

Few figures have impacted the rising generation of Catholics more than Peter Kreeft, the widely respected philosophy professor and prolific bestselling author of over 80 books. Through his writings and lectures, Kreeft has shaped the minds and hearts of thousands of young apologists, evangelists,...

An exploration of the personal and spiritual truths revealed through LSD - Reveals that LSD visions weave an ongoing story from trip to trip - Shows that trips progress through three stages: personal issues and pre-birth consciousness, ego-loss, and on to the sacred -...

This collection of essays focuses on the life and work of Alonso S. Perales, one of the co-founders of LULAC, a national organization that seeks to advance the economic, educational, political and civil rights of Hispanics in the U.S.Author: Michael A. OlivasISBN-10: 1558857605ISBN-13: 9781558857605Publisher:...

A heartbreaking and inspiring collection of true fostering stories perfect for fans of Cathy Glass and Rosie Lewis. Contains previously published stories Too Scared To Cry, The Girl No One Wanted and A Family For Christmas - brought together in this heartwarming and inspiring...

Author: Patricia J. WilliamsISBN-10: 1365926451ISBN-13: 9781365926457Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2017Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d

My book is intended to provide college students who are presently undecided about a career choice with a unique, lucrative one that is not so well known. It's the career of a Financial Wholesaler, a career that I literally stumbled upon and one that...

Under the North Light: The Life and Work of Maud and Miska Petersham is authored by Lawrence Webster. This biography is the first published book about the Petershams. Philip and Erin Stead, winners of the Caldecott Medal for A Sick Day For Amos McGee...

Being on the migrational flyway for ducks and geese, the upper Chesapeake Bay has long been a center for waterfowl hunting. Where there is hunting, there are, of course, decoys. The area around Havre de Grace, Maryland has produced some of the most prolific...

The letters by the German painter Franz Marc (1880-1916) were written to his wife Maria from the beginning of World War I (August 1914) to the moment of his death in battle on March 4, 1916. While they contain lively descriptions of his activities...

They were called the deadliest fighter squadron in action in the South Pacific; U.S. Navy Fighting Squadron Seventeen, famous with their Skull and Crossbones insignia, became one of the most successful squadrons of WWII. Flying the F4U Corsair, VF-17 shot down 152 Japanese aircraft...

Long before popular television shows such as Dirty Jobs and The Deadliest Catch, everyday men and women---the unsung heroes of the job world---toiled in important but mostly anonymous jobs. One of those jobs was deckhand on the ore boats.With numerous photographs and engaging stories,...

Between World War II and 1980, tens of thousands of Black people moved to Boston from the South as part of the Great Migration, one of the most consequential mass movements of people in American history. Black migration from the South transformed the city,...

SOMETHING IS MISSING IN MODERN CHRISTIANITY.There is something missing in today's Christian community and its absence is devastating people's faith, freedom, and understanding of the gospel message. What's missing is the revolutionary, life-changing, chain-breaking, and truly radical grace of God. Author and teacher Laurel...

This book is about a woman who has a learning disability. She was a foster child to her own grandmother, and this woman was on pills and didn't know she was getting addicted to the pills. In the story, she went through so many...

Based on a young boy who has experienced some very rocky moments in his life starting at an early age while also coming from a background of good faith-filled people. He has learned what it really means to survive the hardships in life with...

This is the story of a small-town girl raised in the Missouri Bootheel, enduring abuse and neglect as a child and dismissed by those in power that should have protected her. She encounters the unjust racial disparity because she finds love in a boy...

This is the story of a small-town girl raised in the Missouri Bootheel, enduring abuse and neglect as a child and dismissed by those in power that should have protected her. She encounters the unjust racial disparity because she finds love in a boy...

Imagine being told that your child, your second born, and your only son is dead. I know, who would want to imagine such a thing. Well, for me, it was no imagination; it was real. This was suddenly my reality. What is a mother...

The true story of Otto Gruenbaum, promising young pianist, who fled Vienna, found refuge in the United States, joined the Army, was selected for secret military intelligence training at Camp Ritchie and served as wartime interrogator in Europe. He almost made it home. Why...

The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1902. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and...

The House of Mystery Radio Show has been on the air for ten years now, broadcasting in over a dozen cities in the United States, including KKNW 1150 A.M. Seattle/Tacoma, KCAA 106.5 F.M. Los Angeles/102.3 F.M. Riverside/1050 A.M. Palm Springs. I started the show...

A fresh, hilarious, and relatable collection of essays about everything from motherhood and marriage to sobriety and work-life balance (or imbalance) from the nationally bestselling author of the "honest, complicated" (SheKnows) Idiot. TRIGGER WARNING: TORN EVERYTHING! In her first book, Idiot, bestselling author Laura...

"Portraits of Faith and Freedom" contains fifteen memoirs of people I interviewed. I know all of them well; in fact, all but two were done in person. That's Part One; Part Two is the author's response to the themes derived from the true stories....

Jacquie was a shy, daddy's girl growing up in Sweet Home Alabama. She was a very happy and inquisitive child that loved to play outdoors with her siblings and cousins. Jacquie was becoming a pre-teen and started getting curious about boys, something that she...

The habits found in this book are designed to teach individuals how to fish through real-life examples. The book is full of inspiring ideas on building new habits and repetitions in a short time. Post-COVID, teenagers need to know what successful habits look and...