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BEYOND MEDALS OF VALOR BILL ROBERTS

by Clifford Davids

Decorated Vietnam combat veteran's raw experiences and life struggle with PTSD and his unique, very entertaining, Adventurous Life Experiences before and after the war. This book is extremey important to those suffering from PTSD because it holds the key to helping veterans prevent suicide.

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by Mark Schreiber

The View From Bora Bora is a wistful, literary, memoir of the month I spent in French Polynesia after the end of a love affair. Yet despite my efforts to seek solace in the natural beauty of what James Michener called, "the most beautiful island in the world," as well as in the wisdom of Proust and even the arms of another woman, I am fatefully and ineluctably drawn back to the three months I spent with her exploring Israel and Greece, three glorious months I spent discovering one whom I thought... more

Ages of Suffocation: Remembered Dreams

by Uzo Amaka

A thrilling memoir told in moments of flashbacks about a young beauty, OMA. She had a sudden recollection of a dark past while she sat in a counseling session and a question from the counselor, JUNE, to OMA, triggered a series of suppressed memories. JUNE pressed OMA on during the session to speak more about her experiences with her stepmother and sisters as a child growing up in Nigeria and OMA unsuccessfully attempted to redirect the topic. OMA broke down in uncontrollable tears and began to ... more

Twilight in Danzig

by Siegfried Kra

Dr. Siegfried Kra’s childhood memoir recalls the last days of a vanished world, that of the Free State of Danzig between the world wars, when aristocrats and merchants, Jews, Poles and Germans mingled in a climate of prosperity charged with uncertainty and change. It is 1932, the eve of Hitler’s rise to the Chancellory, and the eve of Siegfried Kra’s sixth birthday. But Berlin seems a world away and everything is right in the Kra household. His parents are scions of Danzig society. His fathe... more

JESUS BOOK ONE

by James Maltese

These meditations celebrate the holy days of Jesus Christ. Each of the meditations were written at Christmas, Good Friday, and Easter over five decades (1965-2015). We are spoken to and guided as spiritual sons and daughters.

An Ordinary Death

by Christy Thomas

Death is the great inevitability. The one commonality that all people experience is that we will all take our first breath and we will all take our last breath. If we think about it at all, we also all long for ordinary, simple deaths. But our medicalized way of dying destroys that hope. Right now, Medicare reimburses for all the wrong things. If we keep our elderly and terminally ill in the hospital system, punctured and tortured by one useless and expensive test and procedure after anoth... more

Breathing for Two

by Wolf Pascoe

Ever wonder exactly why anesthesiologists describe their job as hours of boredom, moments of panic? With gentle precision, anesthesiologist Wolf Pascoe teases apart an overlooked world and unveils the eggshell dance that takes place at the head of an operating table. A personal odyssey that goes deep into the heart of anesthesia's most fearsome mystery—breathing—this short book offers a seat on the stage of humanity's original theatre. It will change the way you think about life, and breath.

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by Thomas Beck

The End of Homo Sapiens: And the Birth of a New Species presents a compelling account of the spiritual awakening of humanity. Our species shift is occurring through the enlightening of individuals such as Thomas Beck, who was initiated into expanded states via meditation and otherworldly beings. By sharing his own personal story as well as psychotherapy case stories, Dr. Beck convinces us that a phase-transition to a higher order species, Homo sapiens lumina, has already begun. In the wink of... more

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by JRobin Whitley

A compilation of poetry, reflections and essays this book is written in a style showing the challenges that the Lesbian Christian faces in living an open life while also seeking to live a life of faith. It is the author's intent that the book may assist the lesbian reader in identifying the goodness in her own life, and also be a book to be shared with parents and friends in order that issues of faith can be seen alongside the gift of being a lesbian. Robin received her M.Div. from Lutheran The... more

Escape from Communism

by Mit Sandru

Life under communism is cruel and inhumane. Commit the smallest political infraction, and the secret police will arrest you. The only ray of hope is the West, but getting out from communism is difficult. Communist countries have a “Berlin Wall” around them. It is a crime to escape by crossing the border illegally, and anyone caught is beaten and imprisoned, sometimes even shot. I was eighteen, and I was living in hell. However, I would rather have died than keep living as a communist slave. This... more

Cold Beer and a Hot Dart

by Brandon Wolfe

Are YOU happy? Over a span of eleven years, Brandon Wolfe backpacked throughout fifteen different countries, having been chased by wild animals, contracted one of the world’s deadliest diseases three different times, witnessed multiple natural wonders of the Earth, found himself in the middle of demonic deliverances, and set foot in villages that had never seen white people before. He was also told in 2005 by medical professionals that he had until around age forty (give or take) to live… ... more

I Choose Life

by Sandra Evans

Bee Godskiss Daley had every reason to throw in the towel: A mountain of financial problems. Her sister’s cancer. Her own chronic health problems. An ongoing, bitter divorce after years of living with a controlling, alcoholic husband. But step by step, with the support of her local Al-Anon chapter and her growing faith in God, Daley began to understand that as bad as things seemed to be, she had a choice: support life or destroy life. I Choose Life invites you to share her journey of discovery a... more

TWSC: A Shrouded Autobiography

by Tenacity

In this autobiography, the author, using the pen name Tenacity, admits he made many mistakes, but he never stopped living. In TWSC, he shares the experiences of his first twenty-five years of life—which he likens to a Ferris wheel with all of its ups and downs.TWSC explores the many different and intimate views of Tenacity’s early years , including childhood highs and lows, his education, puppy love, incarcerations, drug experimentation, and service in Vietnam. A man who traveled in many circles... more

War Ready: In My Father's Shadow

by Mary Lou Darst

For young Mary Lou, life was an adventure. Her father served in the military, and she traveled the world with him and her family. His assignments took them to Alaska, Virginia, Japan, Texas, and Germany, as part of the US Army’s responsibilities in policing the world. This candid memoir recounts her family’s life in new places and cultures following World War II. What was it like to be a child living in Japan seven years after the war? What was it like to be a thirteen-year-old living in Germany... more

SAINT SOMEBODY (isbn 978 - 1 - 4908 - 8211 - 6 51395)

by Teresa Prins-Wood

SAINT SOMEBODY is a true story about a young girl's quest to become famous. Believing that she has been on the receiving end of two miracles, Teresa determines to find fame by becoming a Saint. The book is a poignant and humorous 'coming of age' memoir that demonstrates the impact of family dynamics on individual development.

Night People, Book 1

by Larry J Dunlap

IMAGINE YOU LIVE IN INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA in the early 60s and you love singing with your buddies just for fun until you are suddenly dropped into the San Francisco music scene just before the summer of 1965. You can stay if you can find a way to turn your singing group into a rock and roll band in less than a week! And you must be willing to sacrifice and leave everything else you love behind.

NIGHT PEOPLE, an intimate literary memoir,... more

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