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BLIND PONY As True A Story As I Can Tell
by Samantha HartWhen your mother names you after your father's mistress, you might wish you were living someone else's life. For Samantha Hart, growing up on a farm in rural Pennsylvania had been no childhood idyll but rather a violent, surreal nightmare. A twisted vision of pastoral life part Faulkner part Dante. At fourteen years old, she ran away in search of her father, a character she only knew as Wild Bill. Discovering he wasn't the hero she dreamt he'd be, Sam was on her own. Arri... more
American Runaway: Black and Free in Paris in the Trump Years
by Audrey EdwardsAn African-American journalist of a certain age and experience swore she would leave the country if Donald Trump was elected President. He was. And she did. Bolting for Paris, the city-love of her life. In this engaging memoir, a sharpshooting cultural critic takes aim at America in its twilight—the Trump Years—from a city that has historically allowed Black Americans the freedom to just BE!Happy Father's Day
by Virginia MadisonHappy Father's Day, by first-time author Virginia Madison, is available for Father's Day 2020. An easy read, this book will touch anyone who has experienced a close bond with a loved one. The descriptive writing transports the reader into each scene and you feel that you are there experiencing the events and emotions in person.East Of The Hudson A Guide To New England
by Michael BoyajianA travel guide to the historic and literary sites of New EnglandThe People We Wanted to Forget
by Michael G. HarpoldBorder and Soul: Journey Along the Pyrenees
by Garry McDougallTravel the French-Spanish border from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. Meet its towns, landscape and peoples. The author of Damn! now traverses the Pyrenees using only public transport. Is he mad? It’s travel on the edge, with intelligence, perplexity and humour. And it all started so well…Damn!
by Garry McDougallThe Creative Journey Across Spain. In a comic remake of Homer's Odyssey, the author’s three-hundred kilometre pilgrimage walk from Leon to Santiago de Compostela is packed with personal foibles, sharp observations and tales of his numerous journeys through France, Spain and Portugal. Lurching from grand Spanish town to village ruins, the poet’s creative Gods compete with the inner Mr Grumpy, Optimiste and B. Reasonable. It is vigorous writing by a sharp and fearless mind. I dare you to read i... moreStrange Cases and Wild Tales
by Lewis M. RessStrange Cases and Wild Tales presents real case histories and true stories related to the law practice and experiences of a creative Florida attorney reaching out over sixty years. There's more than meets the eye.Tibetan Rescue: The Extraordinary Quest to Save the Sacred Art Treasures of Tibet
by Pamela LoganThe cultures and artifacts of Tibet, like those of other remote indigenous societies, are under siege by the relentless modern world. The fate of monasteries in Tibet has been a subject of concern to many in the West; but until Tibetan Rescue little specific information had been published. As president of an NGO that brings foreign aid into Tibet, Pamela Logan brings a first-hand account of her journey through Tibet, as she evolved from solo traveler to expedition leader. Her mission: to save th... moreAmong Warriors: A Woman Martial Artist in Tibet
by Pamela LoganThe province of Kham is one of the remotest regions in all of Tibet, and its people, the fierce horsemen who for twenty-five years wages a relentless guerrilla war against the Chinese occupation, the most elusive. In Among Warriors, Pamela Logan, a recognized expert in the martial arts, gives a breathtaking account of her journey across the windswept plateaus and icy mountain passes of eastern Tibet to find them.Compassion Mandala: The Odyssey of an American Charity in Contemporary Tibet
by Pamela LoganEASTERN TIBET is a place of rugged ranges and torrential rivers, home to the fierce Khampa rebels who tried for a decade to defeat China’s army and win independence for Tibet. This book chronicles Logan’s fourteen years there doing the impossible: assisting Tibetans under Chinese rule. In it, Logan shares her first-hand experience working in education, health care, job training, disaster relief, reforestation, and cultural heritage. She tells about the diverse Tibetans she knew; she documents t... moreCasino Chronicle: How I Recovered from Injurious Employment Practices-So Can You!
by Pascale BatieufayeCasino Chronicle is the story of how one man contributed a number of visionary ideas that the casino he worked for used to grow its business and add comforts to its customers. This should be a story about great success for the writer and his employer, but unfortunately it is not. This memoir is also the chronicle of how the author’s ideas were stolen, under the guise of an “employee suggestion program,” then he was marginalized, his sanity questioned, and then ultimately pus... more
FUNDING PROJECTS IN THE THIRD WORLD - Hidden secrets revealed
by Karamba BayoThis comprehensive book with no doubt the first of its kind is daring to offer itself as a practical kind of handout for whoever is planning sooner or later to initiate or fund any type of socio-development project in the third world and particularly in Africa.The Carver's Daughter: A Memoir
by Kari Jo SpearGrowing up as the only child of a woodcarver with a passion for birds was strange enough. But when I acquired a sibling, life got weird—considering that sibling was a museum. The milestones of my childhood involved hiking through bogs, snipping foliage out of aluminum pie pans, driving an opinionated tractor, and handing out pamphlets as a child activist. Through it all was my father, Bob Spear, a force of nature disguised as a quiet man. He created the Birds of Vermont Museum through vision ... more-
The Whistleblower's Tune
by Hugh GiblinAUTHOR BIO Professionally I spent a 35 career in accounting, auditing, and taxes which included work in government, public accounting, corporations and non-profits. I received my business education at Northwestern University and liberal arts courses at Northeastern and finished with a BA degree. I have taken a special interest in accounting ethics and have done some fairly extensive research in that area. Since leaving the union I have spent my time writing and doing a... more Nailed It. The story of the Granum Gripper.
by Edward GoodliffeThe book is about how I, with my girlfriend and my business partner left the crowds and high taxes of London, England and made a new life in Granum, Alberta, Western Canada, population 325. We talked the town council into giving us 2 acres of industrial land, constructed a building and established a nail manufacturing plant despite knowing almost nothing about the industry. What could possibly go wrong? Well one or two things did, and with a fair measure of humour the story is about how we overc... more
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