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Karen Hatch-Taylor is a poet, a parent, and a survivor. She describes in the verses herein how she met her favorite author online and bridged ten thousand miles to win his heart, and then how she endured first a tennis-ball-sized brain tumor and subsequent...

A stroke because it is the blocking of blood flow to tissues within the brain can be life threatening, leave permanent damage, or require the patient to do daily battle with his own brain. The recovery of the stroke patient requires the specialist to...

This book is a true story. It is about a woman who overcomes different obstacles in life that women go through everyday. Some names have been change.....but tells you about the struggles that she went through just to survive. It also tells you how...

"I cannot and will not be silent with you." To Quierra, on Life is a personal, initmate, and compelling account of a grandmother's life, past and present, written to her granddaughter. This book describes how Glenora, fondly known as "Cookie" by her granddaughter, Quierra,...

Author: Jennifer GoodmanISBN-10: 1425977901ISBN-13: 9781425977900Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/17/2007Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.16lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.14d

The War of 1812 was raging and his youth was the time of covered wagons and stagecoaches. George W. Strong became a local giant in the era of steamships and the railroad. His path took him through the dark days of the Civil War...

"Every cell of our body loves it and does her wonderful function because of love, not due to fear or hatred. A cell, which hates her neighbors, is sick one, may be cancerous. When you feel pain it is information about unfriendly, disharmonic or...

Me? I'm still here. It is a personal and well documented journey from diagnosis to being given the 'at this moment in time you have no cancer in your body' speech. I was diagnosed with an aggressive grade III negative breast cancer. It also...

The Curtain Never Moved is a true story of how my childhood life was a happy, loving, secure environment, until my mother died at an early age of cancer. After her death, the life I endured was of mental and physical abuse from my...

As I get near the sunset of my life I wanted to touch the memories of the world I have traveled through over the years. My fascination with America became a reality. I made my dream come true by arriving here, in this land...

Author: Ellen AbelISBN-10: 1425962025ISBN-13: 9781425962029Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/21/2006Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d

Often the most unsuspecting things influence our lives and cause havoc in relationships. These vary from natural causes in our own bodies, to decisions made by our spiritual and political leaders. What is often trivial to one might be the most important to the...

Author: Gladys Lovell GartrellISBN-10: 1425944477ISBN-13: 9781425944476Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/07/2006Pages: 164Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d

This is a true story of a family struggling to survive during the depression of the 1030s. They farmed with two mules and crude farm implements. The land was rocky and the topsoil thin. The boys wore shirts and slept under sheets made from...

Katrina, Our Story is a journal by Mary S Landry detailing the events brought about by Hurricane Katrina in the area north of New Orleans. While much of Louisiana and Mississippi suffered, this first-hand account through the eyes of one person explains the extreme...

This book is autobiographical in concept, as the author has had many experiences in life, in addition to his bouts with cancer and his subsequent survival. As the author brings his story to you in this book, his attempt is to present things in...

This book was written because of the injustice suffered not only by myself, but of those before me and I'm quite sure many after me. It portrays, Racism, Bullying and Intimidation within our Prison System as seen through my eyes and I'm sure many...

The Mirror Makes No Sense is a true story of a young man's journey. This is no ordinary man, Mark Angelo Cummings was born biologically a female. He brings the readers into his life, sharing his emotions, trials and tribulations. This book has something...

Author: L. R. WarnerISBN-10: 1425788416ISBN-13: 9781425788414Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/17/2008Pages: 88Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d

Author: Judith CondonISBN-10: 1425774873ISBN-13: 9781425774875Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/10/2007Pages: 88Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d

Author: John Esten CookeISBN-10: 1425566693ISBN-13: 9781425566692Publisher: University of Michigan LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/13/2006Pages: 644Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.96lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.30d

MAXEN REMEMBERS....A true story of an orphan Armenian girl who miraculously escapes from slavery in the Ottoman Empire and comes to America in the early twentieth century. This is a narrative of Maxen''s faith, courage and enthusiasm for life that triumphs over misfortunes and...

The book is about two 17 year olds doing what 17-year-olds do all over the world. They fall in love. It didn't take long for us to decide that we never wanted to part. Today we are approaching our 39th anniversary. My wife, Monica,...

This work represents a view of the world through the eyes of one who lived through an age of changing attitudes towards many areas of morality, particularly sexuality, abortion, prostitution, drinking and gaming. The chapters describing the London of the 1960's are illuminating. The...

BECAUSE, I WANT YOU TO KNOW JUST HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU is a simple to follow book of questions you may or may not know the answers to. I didn't know all the answers to my father's life. That is in part, why...

This lively self-deprecating memoir traces the author's 45 year evolution from being an idealist, pure and simple, to being what he describes (borrowing a phrase from JFK) as an "idealist without illusions". He learns the hard way, from experience in a wide variety of...

Author: Claude R. CahenISBN-10: 1420820702ISBN-13: 9781420820706Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/04/2005Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d

Alzheimer's has become the "A" word, hidden by fear, denied by family members, and basically presenting the image of long, hard, stressful care. This book does not deny the years of Alzheimer decline, the difficulties or the stress. What it does is offer the...

Literature Criticism From 1400-1800 assembles critical responses to the literatures of the 15th through the 18th centuries, covering writers and works of fiction, poetry, drama, journalism, philosophy, political theory, science, math and other genres from every region of the world. Each of the more...

Literature Criticism from 1400-1800 assembles critical responses to the literatures of the 15th through the 18th Centuries, covering writers and works of fiction, poetry, drama, journalism, philosophy, political theory, science, math and other genres from every region of the world. Each of the more...

Literature Criticism from 1400-1800 assembles critical responses to the literatures of the 15th through the 18th Centuries, covering writers and works of fiction, poetry, drama, journalism, philosophy, political theory, science, math and other genres from every region of the world. Each of the more...

Literature Criticism from 1400-1800 assembles critical responses to the literatures of the 15th through the 18th Centuries, covering writers and works of fiction, poetry, drama, journalism, philosophy, political theory, science, math and other genres from every region of the world. Each of the more...

Twentieth-Century Literature Criticism assembles critical responses to the works of 20TH-Century authors of all sorts-novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, philosophers, political leaders, scientists, mathematicians and writers from other genres-from every region of the world. Each of the more than 240 volumes in this long-standing series...

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism assembles critical responses to the works of 20th-Century authors of all sortsâ novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, philosophers, political leaders, scientists, mathematicians and writers from other genresâ from every region of the world.Each of the more than 280 volumes in this long-standing...

Literature Criticism From 1400-1800 assembles critical responses to the literatures of the 15th through the 18th Centuries, covering writers and works of fiction, poetry, drama, journalism, philosophy, political theory, science, math and other genres from every region of the world. Each of the more...

Turn to this authoritative international resource for complete critical coverage of the careers and works of the greatest writers and thinkers of the late Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Restoration eras. Detailed entries offer students and other researchers access to a variety of...

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism assembles critical responses to the works of 20th-Century authors of all sortsâ novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, philosophers, political leaders, scientists, mathematicians and writers from other genresâ from every region of the world.Each of the more than 280 volumes in this long-standing...

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism assembles critical responses to the works of 20th- century authors of all sorts--novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, philosophers, political leaders, scientists, mathematicians, and writers from other genres--from every region of the world.This highly useful series presents substantial excerpts from the best criticism...

Turn to this authoritative international resource for complete critical coverage of the careers and works of the greatest writers and thinkers of the late Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Restoration eras. Detailed entries offer students and other researchers access to a variety of...

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism assembles critical responses to the works of 20th- century authors of all sorts--novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, philosophers, political leaders, scientists, mathematicians, and writers from other genres--from every region of the world.This highly useful series presents substantial excerpts from the best criticism...

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism assembles critical responses to the works of 20th- century authors of all sorts--novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, philosophers, political leaders, scientists, mathematicians, and writers from other genres--from every region of the world.This highly useful series presents substantial excerpts from the best criticism...

Turn to this authoritative international resource for complete critical coverage of the careers and works of the greatest writers and thinkers of the late Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Restoration eras. Detailed entries offer students and other researchers access to a variety of...

Author: Gene TaylorISBN-10: 1414058845ISBN-13: 9781414058849Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/22/2004Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.26d

Author: James E. Sr. MundenISBN-10: 141403511XISBN-13: 9781414035116Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/09/2004Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 9.04h x 5.98w x 0.34d

True action packed, often dangerous incidents while author worked as a tramp logger in Alaska. Hilarious, lusty bouts of drinking, brawling and romancing after months of seclusion.Author: Lawrence D. DavisISBN-10: 1412007925ISBN-13: 9781412007924Publisher: Trafford PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/06/2003Pages: 152Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.35d

A biography with the experiences of life as a gay person over the changing times of the past 60 years. The story begins with hiding in the closet and continues through periods of increasing social acceptance until finally becoming a prominent leader in gay...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...