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An innocent search on the internet leads to the love of a lifetime, or so it seems. In The Eight-Year Circumstance, swept into an intense international relationship filled with devotion, distance, miracles, and danger, one man is drawn into a maze of emotional highs,...

"Behind every smile was a story no one could see. As the pages of my life unfold, you'll journey through heartbreak, loss, trauma, and survival-moments that could have destroyed me, moments where I gave up. Yet through every twist and turn, God's grace carried...

Former Pan Am Pilot Reaches New Heights as a Poet at 93Roy Everett Butler's debut poetry collection, explores aging, aviation, history, and the quiet beauty of everyday life.At 93, former Marine Corps aviator and Pan American World Airways pilot Roy Everett Butler has embarked...

Former Pan Am Pilot Reaches New Heights as a Poet at 93Roy Everett Butler's third poetry collection, explores aging, aviation, history, and the quiet beauty of everyday life.At 93, former Marine Corps aviator and Pan American World Airways pilot Roy Everett Butler has embarked...

When Robin Lustig's mother died in 2013, he found himself drawn back into the tangled history of his German-Jewish family -- a story of survival, exile, death and endurance. And the Cello Came Too is both a personal memoir and a family chronicle, spanning...

Personal essays at the age of 90 cover thoughts about drawing, piano music, jazz, literature, photography, dreams, memory, money, grieving, the death of friends, living a spiritual life and being in the heart of friends. This is a record of a full life looking...

This report contains a collection of papers from a workshop--Strengthening Science-Based Decision-Making for Sustainable Management of Scarce Water Resources for Agricultural Production, held in Tunisia. Participants, including scientists, decision makers, representatives of non-profit organizations, and a farmer, came from the United States and several...

John Isaac Jones's new biographical novel on Ernest Hemingway brings the turbulent world of America's most famous author to life in vivid, captivating detail. His time - 1900-1960s America - Spanish-American War; Model T invented; Teddy Roosevelt years; Wright Brothers' first flight; World War...

Chapter 1 The Gambler Doña Tules1Chapter 2 Stagecoach Mary Mary FieldsChapter 3 The Sad Story of Two Wives Augusta Louise Pierce Tabor Elizabeth "Lizzie" Nellis Bonduel McCourt Doe Tabor (Baby Doe)Chapter 4 Apache War Shaman Lozen, Chapter 5 Angel of the Miners Ellen "Nellie"...

What if your curiosity could build a robot? Meet Tony Dyson - the engineer who helped bring R2-D2 to life. From taking things apart as a kid to solving real-world problems in Hollywood, Tony's journey shows how creativity, persistence, and curiosity can lead to...

Can a life shattered by darkness truly be restored?From childhood pain to a life she never imagined, Marilyn Vicente lived in the deepest shadows for years-numbing the hurt, running from the truth, and searching for love in all the wrong places. But no matter...

This book will show you how to decode his writings with real examples. There are many fascinating puns and ciphers Ed weaved into his books that you will see come to life. Edward Leedskalnin left behind his Coral Castle Park, which stands as one...

What happens when a lonely child with dyslexia, asthma, and an overactive imagination refuses to give up on life?My Delusional Life: Part 1 - The Early Years is a heartfelt, humorous, and deeply reflective memoir that follows Hal M. Goldblatt, also known as "HaMaG,"...

In Short Shorts, Childhood Stories for Grown-up Kids, Jennifer Jamieson Woods takes us back to her childhood days in Niagara Falls and Oakville, Ontario. The youngest of six, Jennifer was raised by a strict single mother and schooled by nuns, who ruled with a...

After more than thirty years in emergency response, one man finds himself crushed beneath the cumulative weight of trauma, grief, and memories he can no longer outrun. Behind the calm professionalism expected of a first responder lies a private battle with PTSD, survivor's guilt,...

Growing up in Dorchester, MA during the 1960s and '70s meant living through some of Boston's most turbulent years-racial tension, shifting neighborhoods, and families stretched thin by hardship. In this memoir, the author traces her childhood inside a triple-decker world shaped by addiction, mental...

Korea DMZ-1983.Rip Razorton, a recent college graduate and a newly minted Second Lieutenant in the United States Army, enters a military environment filled with danger and a Korean culture he doesn't comprehend.Stationed at Camp Howze in the Western Corridor with the Third Brigade, Second...

SHOW ME A FORESTER Book Two in the "Show Me" Series You thought the fireline was wild? Wait until you step into the forest. In Show Me a Forester, Josh Shroyer trades smoke for sawdust-but the stories are just as unforgettable. From deep within...

SHOW ME A FORESTER Book Two in the "Show Me" Series You thought the fireline was wild? Wait until you step into the forest. In Show Me a Forester, Josh Shroyer trades smoke for sawdust-but the stories are just as unforgettable. From deep within...

This XpressRead Cram Edition of The Common Reader pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. Virginia Woolf's "The Common Reader" offers a captivating collection of literary essays, showcasing her insightful and influential perspectives on...

Benny was born with cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening disease that affects both the lungs and the digestive system. Had doctors not operated on him at birth, he wouldn't have survived. That was the first of many surgeries and near death experiences he would later...

Step into a world where music speaks louder than words, where cultures dissolve in a single embrace, and where every dance tells a story.In Tango Travels, Iftikhar Shallwani, known in the global tango community as "Iphty", takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the...

There are some things people carry for years without ever speaking about.In The Things We Don't Talk About, Rebekah Green shares a deeply raw and emotional memoir about trauma, grief, survival, motherhood, and the silent battles that shape us behind closed doors. Through honest...

Renato Floris' meticulous translation of this 1978 biography of Rudolph Valentino from the original French makes it available to English-speaking audiences for the first time.Since its publication, the DeRecqueville biography has been widely sourced and cited in Valentino scholarship. Floris observed that DeRecqueville was...

If you've been told you have gallstones and then basically sent home with a "good luck"... this book is for you.One minute you're fine. The next, you're doubled over in pain, questioning every single thing you've ever eaten in your life-and wondering if a...

They Call It English is a heartfelt and powerful true story told through the innocent and curious eyes of a young child. When a Jewish family is forced to leave the USSR in search of freedom, their journey begins with uncertainty, fear, and sacrifice,...

Umkhapalanga - the Song of a Son integrates the philosophical writings of my father David with poems, stories, images and other observations along parallel themes that I, Alex, contributed in later years.Umkhapalanga is the isiZulu name for a cool wind that blows in the...

What does wearing the badge really cost? Scars of the Badge is a gripping true crime memoir that pulls back the curtain on life behind the uniform, where split-second decisions, violence, and human suffering leave marks that don't fade when the shift ends.Drawn from...

Behind the Iron Gates is the true story of a boy who grew up believing he was unwanted, unprotected, and unseen. Bullied at school, wounded at home, and carrying burdens no child should ever face, Ed Bogert learned early how to survive behind emotional...

John F. Kennedy is a president often remembered for his charisma, his family, his poor health, his affairs, and his tragic assassination in 1963. Yet the 1,036 days he was president witnessed the most dramatic episodes of the Cold War: confrontations with Nikita Khrushchev...

BORN DIFFERENT. DEFYING LIMITS. The unforgettable journey of a kid with a disability who transformed every constraint into possibility through creativity, humor, and resilience. With an unconventional approach and attitude, he became a prominent constitutional rights attorney and built a life overflowing with music,...

Forgetting was easy. It was remembering that was hell. A true account of satanic abuse, occult bondage, and redemption. A story that must be heard, from one who survived to tell.Gregory Reid was born in Southern California. His childhood was a schizophrenic double life...

Following his beautiful wife Margie's diagnosis of dementia (Alzheimer's disease) at the relatively tender age of sixty, Carey became an advocate for carers and the families of loved ones facing a similar diagnosis.That's a Nice Giraffe is his first book-an honest, heartfelt account of...

Read about stories behind fascinating sagas, curious incidents, and weird biographies. Here are some of the exciting stories you will find in this book: Boisjoly's WarningBefore the infamous Challenger disaster of January 1986, an engineer tried to warn the team that the unfavorable weather...

Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe presents a reflective account shaped around upheaval, displacement, and steadfast commitment during a period marked by conflict and political uncertainty. Rather than focusing on specific individuals, the narrative draws attention to the experience of a family aligned with a shifting...

She loved him. She trusted him. She built a life with him.For seven years, Desiree believed in Deon Right - until she uncovered a truth more devastating than she could have imagined. Velvet wasn't his sister. She was his wife. And the children she...

In Igbo culture, names are more than just individual markers; they carry the weight of destiny. My younger brother, Peter, bore the name, Onwuchekwa-"Death, wait"-a command, a defiance, a plea. Growing up, I thought his name was mighty, almost untouchable. I mean, telling death...

"Can the daughter of a Sicilian shoemaker brought up in a New England city where insurance companies reign and democrats rule become America's first lady of a major capital city- even if she is a little square and a republican?" In 1967 Ann achieved...

Fractured is a raw and unflinching memoir of survival, loss, and transformation. From a childhood scarred by violence and murder to years spent entangled in a cult, the author recounts a life shaped by trauma and control. After escaping the cult, she faces devastating...

When Judith Ellen Clark was fourteen years old, she gave her heart to Jesus, seeking to do His will above all else. But she soon found herself in a maelstrom of evil, and with her innocent young life in danger, she struggled to survive....

Adventure abounds in Lee Coyne's Adages for the Ages, a collection of everyday new sayings to better cope with a chaotic world. Clever humor comes forth. New insights pop up.Content covers everything from health to wealth. Love also leaps forward. Haiku and essays get...

Jurassic Jackass: The Uffizi Museum of Dysfunction is a satirical memoir that turns heartbreak into high art. Told through a museum-style narrative of "exhibits," it curates one woman's relationship with a charmingly avoidant Italian man whose emotional architecture proves as unstable as a Renaissance...

This book serves as an orientation to the next phase of our life's journey. Although our journey takes us all on uniquely different paths, our destination is designed, and has been determined to be the same for all of God's called people.As with many...

In my "Letter to mom Medusa" I spoke of some terrible events at the age of sixteen and seventeen. After the emotional beating my father gave me at my mother's behest, in the first pages of this second book we will see that, together...

Author: Terrence GrantISBN-10: 1312862033ISBN-13: 9781312862036Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/24/2015Pages: 486Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.46lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.98d

This is an introduction to Beautiful Souls! A beautiful beginning to an inspired vision for all our futures. We at Beautiful Souls inc. believe that changing our lives for the better is held mostly in our perception of it. In this addition of beautiful...

A Pawprint on My Soul: Adventures with Barney tells the heartwarming true story of a unique bond between a woman and her extraordinary therapy dog, Barney.When Lynn Kalemkiarian first met Barney, she felt an undeniable spark of healing, but she never could have imagined...

In this deeply personal and psycho-spiritual account, Nancy Bennett invites readers into the intimate unfolding of nondual consciousness later in life-after decades of inner struggle and questioning. Shaped by early trauma, inner disorientation, and a longing she couldn't name, she traces the movement from...

How does a singer, dancer, and top Vegas entertainer recover from this?Debra Lee Kristian-Fader was enjoying a successful career in the Live Entertainment Industry. She was performing as a singing star on the stages of Las Vegas, Atlantic City, the Caribbean Islands, and aboard...

The life of Christopher Columbus: From his own letters and journals and other documents of his time follows the journey of an individual driven by relentless curiosity and an unshakable belief that distant worlds could be reached through unknown waters. The work begins with...