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Marble Mountain presents a personal account of a young man's 1966 combat tour as a Marine helicopter pilot. Of the many books I have read about Vietnam, Marble Mountain wins hand down for its raw honesty, youthful naivet , and pure readability.Through riveting imagery,...

Thumb Suckers Come in All Colors is about the struggles of just plain folks and their children growing up in a world full of advertisements and what can happen to those, no matter the color of their skin, who are weighed down by the...

David Lee The blood of "my will" is an adventure packed, and inspirational book about family and relationships. David Lee takes a look into what most teenagers grow up subjected to in today's peer pressures. David Lee uniquely shows how people of faith still...

This book is a heart felt story about a grandmother and granddaughter's unconditional love for one another. The love is so strong and undying. Linda, our author, is a stronger person than she lets any one in on, and would like for people to...

This book is based on a true story of the life of a child who became the victim of cruel circumstances that led to years of rejection, pain, heartache and abuse. Her blue eyes saw more in her young life, than most see in...

This is a story about a grandmother who shielded her grandchildren and diverted their focus from the impending war. Join her as she enthralls her grandchildren with a story of a tortoise that captivated the animal world with the beauty of his shell that...

Jade Byner has endured the abuse for a long time. The seventeen-year-old is not as innocent as she would like others to believe, but she may have good reason to fear for her life. Her intricate escape plan seems to be flawless. By nightfall...

This is a book about a godly man's experiences with younger people to guide them through the trials and troubles of life.Author: Damien Ishamel FairconetueISBN-10: 1456391577ISBN-13: 9781456391577Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/28/2010Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.12d

'The History of an Appalachian Family' traces the lives of one West Virginia family back through history to their roots in Europe, and to some of history's greatest figures, a journey of over one thousand years.Author: Nancy RichmondISBN-10: 145379980XISBN-13: 9781453799802Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage:...

You're a nice person. You try your best to get along with everyone. You treat others with respect and kindness, and you expect to be treated the same in return. Simple rule to live by, isn't it? If only that were the case The...

Juicy Souls is a new genre of book combining FULL COLOR with haunting, healing words.It reduces years of talk therapy into a short volume of how to care and feed for our inner beings. It is a mesmerizing combination of psychological concepts and practical...

In this book are eight proven ways to share YOUR HISTORY You will find step-by-step directions for accomplishing all of the ways to share YOUR HISTORY You can reach me at: http: //www.ed-reinagel-author.blogspot.com/ In the subject line put History Buff. I'll be happy to...

A beautiful picture book, How to Make Moms Happy by Lauren Reid is a fun, heartwarming, and culturally educational read. Taking children on an excursion around the world, it shows children expressing their love and appreciation for their moms and treating them with tender...

You are not alone if you are one of the staggering numbers of grandparents who are raising their grandchildren Are you confused by the generational gaps, challenging communications, and tough questions like, "Why are my parents so old? Why is my father in jail?...

Widening the Family Circle: New Research on Family Communication, Second Edition continues to address historically under-studied family relationships, such as those involving grandparents, in-laws, cousins, stepfamilies, and adoptive parents. In this engaging text, editors Kory Floyd and Mark T. Morman bring together a diverse...

From the bestselling authors of the Just Between Us series comes a set of conversation cards to help the whole family get beyond the chit-chat and deepen the conversation. Housed in an elegant keepsake box, these conversation starters can sit on display at a...

Everything associated with Camp Quality is such a positive experience. For six days, campers, companions, and staff members look cancer in the eye and tell the dreaded disease that it can be beaten. They know it may affect a person physically, but not spiritually...

Molly Price isn't a celebrity. She's never been on a reality show or had her name thrown about in the gossip column. But, like so many of us, she has a story to tell. And what a story it is From an amazingly complicated...

A phenomenal, inspirational, true, and touching story, The Final Audit presents the thought-provoking tale of one man's attempt to explain his existence to his children, embarking on a portrayal of his life with Gulliver as his guide and mentor. Author Carnie Matisonn shares his...

Emigration is a psychological process of transitional change. It filters through everything, ripples across your world - often a devastating experience, but also a soul-searching journey where you may find that your destination does not necessarily lie in the city in which you will...

As recent college graduates and childhood best friends, Sophie and Sadie start their new chapter of life with a trip to Spain. However, their girlie vacation quickly turns into a lover's paradise when Sophie lays eyes on a handsome Brit, Dylan. Now, after two...

This is a book of short stories of fishing, hunting, and other miscellaneous categories, that cover a period of friendship for over 45 years. The stories relate experiences that are humorous and sometimes serious, that will probably appeal to a reader of various subjects...

This book is dedicated to all the generations of family who came before and endured "Lean Times" to lift us to a higher realm. Poetry and short stories sing their praises. Their tears prepare the ground for our future growth. Without this creative moistening,...

After having countless, disastrous relationships as well as a failed marriage with African American women, I promised myself I would never EVER date one again. Lazy, jealous, vindictive, disloyal...just to name a few...were traits that they all possessed. Dating outside my race was the...

Apartheid in South Africa has now been gone more than fifteen years but the heroes of their struggle to achieve a Black majority-run democracy are still being revealed. Some individuals toiled publicly, but most worked tirelessly in the shadows to improve the welfare of...

"In Spite of Everything invites us into the lives of twenty-two ordinary, but also extraordinary women. Part Ellen DeGeneres, part Studs Terkel, Leila Peters allows the women to tell their own stories-about their lives, their challenges, their relationships. The women trust her-and us-enough to...

This book was born out of frustration - the frustration that comes from desiring to reach into our lives through prayer and tough, hard places that are far beyond our control. We know that prayer works, but at the same time, we experience prayer...

Matt and Amy experience an exciting adventure as they work together in planting the seeds, watering them and watching the "magic seeds" turn into something big, round and purple! What they find inside the watermelon is a big surprise!Author: Stephanie L. JensenISBN-10: 1452014175ISBN-13: 9781452014173Publisher:...

The Mother's Day Companion is a collection of stories about mothers, real and fictional. Some are exemplary, others not so hot. Some of the stories are serious, others will put a smile on your face, just like life. This book takes a look at...

My Ladybug's Alzheimer's Journey is about the disease that seemed too far removed to imagine it affecting the most important persons in my life, my mother. My assumptions changed drastically when Alzheimer took over my mother's existence in all phases of her life. My...

This book, which takes place in the present, is about a family dealing with the challenges of modern life. Beyond that, however, it is a commentary about different ways, some healthy, some not, that people are choosing to network in the 21st century.Author: Avram...

As you've probably noticed by now, life gets harder as you get older, and your feelings about things get bigger and bigger. Sometimes you feel happy, sometimes you feel frustrated, sometimes you feel bored, and sometimes you feel alone. One of the best and...

"Inner Need" This introduction to my book, I hope will make you further look, To look inside my poems to read, To see what life my mind did feed. Some life events in which I engage, I found a need to write on the...

Violence against women in their own homes at the hands of their husbands was not treated as a crime in the United States until the early 1990s. At that time laws were passed with the intention of not only protecting women, but also to...

Author: Sharon 'Jobe' BeckISBN-10: 1450040888ISBN-13: 9781450040884Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/09/2010Pages: 168Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Author: Sharon 'Jobe' BeckISBN-10: 145004087XISBN-13: 9781450040877Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/09/2010Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d

Growing Up Hoosier is the story of a boy growing to manhood in Indiana. It covers his family background and the influence of all on his growth. He describes a variety of adventures of living in Indiana during the late 1930's. He describes living...

Cell phones, IPods, and texting, just aren't cutting it - and we live in an age when people are desperate to find intimate connection. What we need is intimacy (in-to-me-see) - human moments when hearts connect, creating the splendor that couples wish for. But...

Do you love someone who struggles with pornography? Do you feel alone in this situation? Do you wish you could find help and healing from the effects of pornography in your marriage, life and family? There is hope You are not alone. This book...

Most people know the story Jesus told of the prodigal son-the child who demanded his inheritance and then threw it away on wild living. But there were two sons in the story: the older son watched events unfold and told his father, "I stayed...

The Lonely Gourmet tells the tale of Juan, the forest's only vegetarian wolf. In his loneliness, Juan becomes a master chef - and meets new friends who turn his life around.Author: Reia D. TongISBN-10: 144909466XISBN-13: 9781449094669Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/24/2010Pages: 44Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 8.50h x...

After years of relative tranquility, the mixed-race Miller family experiences a traumatic wake-up call as racial tensions begin to build across the South. Thorns of the Roses is the story of a white family and their adopted Negro child who live in the segregated...

I am a left-handed Scorpio, born in 1930 when my parents were 44 years old. I grew up in the New York City borough of the Bronx, in a neighborhoof known as Belmont "Little Italy." Our neighborhood included the Bronx Zoo, Arthur Avenue and...

Written as if the author is speaking to you in person as opposed to being corrected by a professional editor, this book will allow you a special insight to what a patient with a newly diagnosed case of multiple sclerosis has to do deal...

This book truly has something for everyone, especially if they want to be happy Larry Brooks realized that he was a very contented person. So, when he retired, he found the precious time to write his memoirs describing his legacy of love and happiness....

A collection of thoughts, sonnets and poems inspired by random conversations and words volunteered by friends and acquaintances.Author: ShagiISBN-10: 1449090818ISBN-13: 9781449090814Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/19/2010Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d

Life in an early 20th century New England factory town as remembered by an octogenarian, recorded on audio tape in the 1980s, is the basis for this book. May recalls the hard work of her parents and the large family they produced. She talks...

This book was created in the hope that it will reach even just one person who is struggling with addiction. They can READ and FEEL the insanity that is addiction. Maybe make a change.Author: Valerie CovertISBN-10: 1449084621ISBN-13: 9781449084622Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/08/2010Pages: 112Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.71lbsSize:...

The Code 1. Never, never, ever tell him to, "Take his clubs and shove them" (at least not where he can hear you). 2. Hit not thy husband with an iron! 3. No aiding and abetting golf equipment (this includes backing over it with...

I am a firm believer that God will do just what He said He will do, for He delivered me from the spirit of witchcraft, and hatred. The prophet from judah disobeyed God, and he paid a dear price for it he lost his...