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Black Girls are lost. Black women are the most unprotected beings on Earth; and in America. Rape, mental illness, poverty, domestic violence, and sexual abuse plague our communities and we suffer the most.Author: Marie AliISBN-10: 1546274235ISBN-13: 9781546274230Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/04/2019Pages: 50Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 11.00h...

This is the author's grandfather's story during world war IAuthor: Joyce EngelbertISBN-10: 1546274022ISBN-13: 9781546274025Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/07/2019Pages: 74Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.20d

This book is reality based. It's about growing up around fast-living people. My mother was a gangster; my godfather was born a pimp. The book is based on growth, development, childhood to adulthood, graduating to greater heights, living to learn, and learning how to...

This book features a collection of autobiographical short stories from the author's professional life that starts in a period of Thirty plus years, beginning in the 1960's. In this collection is focuses on many surprises life has thrown in his path. Angulating circumstances, which...

Sacrifices of the Porters examines the exploits and contributions of three brothers who volunteered to serve, and paid the ultimate price, in the War Between the States. Leaving their West Tennessee home and family, the Porter boys became members of three separate unitsthe Eleventh...

This will give people hope, help to identify some of the whys in a persons life, and show others that being chosen or being true to what you believe is not boring. This has been my passion and a long-awaited dream of mine. You...

The year 1929 was devastating for America. It was the beginning of the Great Depression, which led to our country's economic collapse. The author, also born in 1929, lived through those challenging Depression years, experiencing firsthand the many adaptations and sacrifices needed to survive...

The Lord Works in Mysterious Ways is a story about the Little family and how the world events effected their lives. The story begins in a quiet little village in Europe, but do to very profound events they has to leave there home and...

This story follows the adventures of six teenage boys living in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, New York, in the summer of 1949, who buy and operate a 1927 Rolls Royce Phantom touring car. The story briefly describes the six boys and the...

Published in the year of the school's 125th anniversary, Hail Mount Hermon A Tribute is a tribute not only to the school's founders, principals and teachers but also to all Hermonites (alumni) of all eras and ages who have great love and affection for...

Growing up in a house with eight brothers and sisters there was always something brewing in the Otchy household. Nothing could really surprise the family until the day when Tim, one of the Otchy children, announced he was going to be a Catholic Priest...

Lágrimas de un Quetzal expone la realidad de tantos guatemaltecos que se sienten excluidos en su propio país. Unos no tienen acceso a la educación, otros a los hospitales, muchos a conseguirse un trabajo digno que sea suficiente a poner un platillo de frijoles...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: G. R. S. MeadISBN-10: 1530359465ISBN-13: 9781530359462Publisher: Createspace...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Alma LutzISBN-10: 1530335086ISBN-13: 9781530335084Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

Edwin Wiek is a true wildlife warrior. A rebel from childhood, this Dutchman is the founder of Asia's largest multispecies wildlife rescue centre, a fearless interrupter of illicit wildlife trafficking and an advisor to the Thai government on animal law reform. This was not...

This is this story of Eamon, a little boy growing up in Northern Ireland in the sixties, before he succumbed to Leukaemia, a few months short of his seventh birthday. The book describes specific aspects of his short but remarkable life, all written from...

Owner of a Broken Heart is about one person's struggles in life, starting from a troubled childhood right through to adulthood. After her own failed marriage, it cracks open emotional turmoil, resulting in her falling into a world of drink, drugs and anorexia, with...

Post-war Londoners managed to survive despite lost and broken relationships, war-damaged surroundings and food and clothes rationing. A strong sense of comradeship was found in the groups, clubs and other social bodies that evolved during this time, while exploiting one's individuality was also not...

I was thrilled when my brother Don asked me to help him finish a manuscript he had been working on for 8 years. I've never worked on a novel, so this task will be outside the box for me. I'm used to writing religious...

Whether you are an owner operator or an in-house chauffeur, working in the limousine industry does have its pros or cons. Whether it's bribing the dispatchers somehow or receiving "hush gratuity," limo chauffeurs tend to survive financially one way or the other even though...

- Aileen's sister, Marjorie talks about her own near-death experience. - You will read about how the fields were made ready to plant the crops. - Wash-day was one day a week and it took all day to prepare the water, wash the clothes...

You will cry then cheer as Ren e Feller conquers the scars of multiple traumas and celebrates life. Now in her ninth decade, Ren e leads a double-layered life. Born in Czechoslovakia, she is a trauma survivor with a capital T who fights the...

An idyllic upbringing, unconditional love, and the serenity of the Heartland USA were not enough to shield this close-knit family from heroin. In her moving, ultimately hopeful narrative of struggle and redemption, Dana Chase writes unsparingly of how she survived the shock of learning...

An idyllic upbringing, unconditional love, and the serenity of the Heartland USA were not enough to shield this close-knit family from heroin. In her moving, ultimately hopeful narrative of struggle and redemption, Dana Chase writes unsparingly of how she survived the shock of learning...

This book is compiled of a collection of stories that I wrote during the course of my lifetime. Once in awhile I would try my hand at poetry. These poems are towards the end of the book. I wish to share these stories and...

"Your story deserves to be widely heard." --Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize-winning author and Holocaust survivor----------------------------------------------------------------Six-year-old Yolanda Avram is rescued by righteous strangers during the Holocaust in Greece. This is her story of courage and survival in the context of dozens of other rescues and...

Wanda Stairs Howard was many things to many people, but first and foremost, she was a mother, grandmother, and wife. Her daughter Lorna's book is an account of how Wanda took what was left of her life and squeezed it until the pips squeaked,...

The Absence Was Ecstasy is a chronicle of a young, struggling addict and his triumph over countless internal demons. This memoir illuminates the foundational elements of dependency in all of their forms from love to lust, drugs, and alcohol. It showcases how even those...

Author: PrettyhorsesISBN-10: 1524584894ISBN-13: 9781524584894Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/06/2017Pages: 146Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.49lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d

This is the story of survival of two girlssisters who were born into a family of immigrant parents. They were loved and cherished for the first seven years of their lives. It was after the death of their father that everything changed. Displayed are...

Paradise Valley / Black Bottom was an area in Detroit where African Americans lived and survived. This story was about a time in American history in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, concerning citizens who, because of restrictions based on their race, were forced to...

There have not been many books written about what a pastor's wife experiences. This book is written to expose some of the trials, challenges, and privileges she has gone through in such a way as to entertain you, as well as challenge, educate, inspire,...

This is George Gilliams informative account of how he combined discipline, physical fitness training, tennis principles (which were fine-tuned while he was in the air force and working at E. R. Squibb & Sons), as well as techniques learned from reading different baseball books...

A Passage to America: Notes of an Adopted Son is an anecdotal autobiography of Prof. Joseph M. Cheruvelil, a naturalized citizen of the United States. Submerged in this long narrative is a social history of three generations from British subjects in India to Baby...

Author: Joy Totah HildenISBN-10: 1524551899ISBN-13: 9781524551896Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/19/2016Pages: 454Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.01d

Our Fox ancestry was covered in my earlier book, Growing with America: The Fox Family of Philadelphia. Now we turn to Ruth Martins side of the family. She had colonial ancestors in New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia with names such as...

Author: Ehsan M. EntezarISBN-10: 1524547425ISBN-13: 9781524547424Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/07/2016Pages: 268Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d

Author: Joseph F. MaraglinoISBN-10: 1524534161ISBN-13: 9781524534165Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/31/2016Pages: 190Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d

The Pythagoras's Theorem is one of the famous and earliest theorems widely used and learned at school. According to legend, Pythagoras was so happy when he discovered this theorem that he would have offered a sacrifice of oxen. Who was Pythagoras, the famous mathematician...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: L. A. AbbottISBN-10: 1523822325ISBN-13: 9781523822324Publisher: Createspace Independent...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Napoleon IIIISBN-10: 1523778792ISBN-13: 9781523778799Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Napoleon IIIISBN-10: 1523778776ISBN-13: 9781523778775Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

The Life of David Hume, EsqAndOf Superstition and EnthusiasmDavid Hume2 Books in OneDavid Hume (26 April 1711 OS) - 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of radical philosophical empiricism,...

This novella is about my experiences of living with someone who has Alzheimer's. That person was my mam. It is about the highs and lows of that journey with some little tips along the way. I wrote it as a type of therapy when...

Twenty Year's Experience as a Ghost Hunter. Elliott O'Donnell (27 February 1872 - 8 May 1965) was an author known primarily for his books about ghosts. He claimed to have seen a ghost, described as an elemental figure covered with spots, when he was...

The History of St. Dominic, Founder of the Friars Preachers is a classic biography of the famous saint.Author: Augusta Theodosia DraneISBN-10: 152290719XISBN-13: 9781522907190Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/28/2015Pages: 478Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.40lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.96d

"A Popular Account of Dr Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries" from David Livingstone. Scottish missionary and explorer (1813-1873).Author: The Perfect Library, David LivingstoneISBN-10: 1522869522ISBN-13: 9781522869528Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/21/2015Pages: 286Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.60d

"The Women of the American Revolution" from Elizabeth Fries Ellet. American author, historian, and poet (1818-1877).Author: The Perfect Library, Elizabeth Fries ElletISBN-10: 1522827609ISBN-13: 9781522827603Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/18/2015Pages: 406Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d

The speeches of Henry Clay by Henry Clay. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1827 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.Author: Henry ClayISBN-10: 1522763538ISBN-13: 9781522763536Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/14/2015Pages: 402Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.18lbsSize:...

This book has a little over 57,000 words and is a true story of one man's dream, my dream, of being a writer and living in a cabin in the woods. It seemed impossible at times for me to achieve that dream, and most...