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GIRL WITH SPIRAL NOTEBOOK: A Writer's Memoir of New York Life

by Susan Braudy

In this memoir, I write about observing people who have bold-faced names, talent, and ruling class privilege--from Hugh Hefner to Michael Douglas to Gloria Steinem. I desperately wanted to observe and write about these shining people and even join their charmed circle. I did write about them. But I became slowly disillusioned by the elbows-out, me-first tactics of our A-list people. If the actions of the late Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump hadn't become public knowledge, I would be hard-pr... more

Hat Trick: The Essential Playbook for Career, Family, and Personal Balance

by Valerie Roman

Still There

by Felice Cohen

Imagine The Graduate as a lesbian version. Now imagine it’s a true story. At twenty-three, fresh out of college, I had an affair with my boss, a woman thirty-four years my senior who had a long-term partner. That affair nearly capsized me as I tried to navigate my personal journey into adulthood and coming to terms with my sexuality. Throw in a lesbian affair with someone three decades older and I found myself bobbing like a cork. The book opens with the older woman dying of cancer, me at her si... more

When the Creator Moves Me: A Story about Music, Resistance, and Creative Activism

by Shelley Muniz

When hippie activists first wound their way on to the Navajo Reservation at Big Mountain, Arizona, what they saw and what they did would influence social and environmental activism in the Black Mesa region for many years to come. Navajo Grandmothers were being tormented. Water wells had been capped. As a result of corporate interest in uranium and coal extraction, and the passage of the 1974 Navajo/Hopi Land Settlement Act, sheep, goats, cattle, and horses were being confiscated and sacred cerem... more

Whirlpools, yoga and the balance of life: Travel tales for the adventurous spirit

by Lindsey Porter

Sucked into a whirlpool… Discovering pre-Inca tribal remains… Breaking an ankle 5000 metres up the side of a volcano… These are just a few of the unexpected circumstances Lindsey Porter found herself in as she travelled to some of the world’s most incredible locations. For the first time these tales have been brought together in a collection that shares the unforeseen and often humorous outcomes, whilst revealing an insight into places that are a little off the tourist trail. They a... more

Chance or Circumstance?: A Journey through the Struggle for Civil Rights

by James R. Mapp

Looking through the prism of one man's life, Chance or Circumstance reveals the historical context and personal hardships endured by African Americans in the fight for equality in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The book reveals what it took for James R. Mapp, his family and the community to make a difference when the racially prejudiced laws and culture of the times were against them. Focusing on the 1960s, the book gives an account of the people, places and events that took place in Chattanooga. ... more

Discover U Part II “Dream Doers”

by Dederick Woodard

This is part 2 of Discover U which teaches participants how to live their dreams and to understand the power that comes with effort and support.

Tears of Steel

by Debbie Neckel

From a young age, Debbie Neckel wanted to be a cop. Life had other ideas until she was 45 years old and decided it was her last shot before senior hood set in. Fast forward two years and Detective Neckel worked some of the toughest homicides and sex crimes cases in the country. But it didn't start there. The nightmare turned dream began when eleven-year-old Debbie witnessed and was forced to take part in an unimaginable crime that changed her life and led her to the right side of the law. ... more

Memories of Pith

by Pith Schure

Discovering new friends and distant horizons was not only in his blood, but he also went for it. And so a world in its countless forms opened up in front of his eyes.

American Bread: My First Twenty Years in America

by Alfred DiGiacomo

My book begins with my parents, our family life and my life during my first 20 years.

Gathering Courage: A Life-Changing Journey through Adoption, Adversity, and a Reading Disability

by TA McMullin

Award-winning, Gathering Courage: A Life-Changing Journey Through Adoption, Adversity, and a Reading Disability is about a child who was adopted and later rejected by her adoptive family. Learning was a challenge for the author, T.A. “Terry” McMullin, as she was dyslexic and could barely make out words in elementary school. Because of failing grades her parents sent her to a foster home where Terry turned to God and a special horse for help. Years later, Terry’s life transformed from a brok... more

Sober Heart: Life and Love in Recovery

by Mary Ellin Lerner

a collection of essays that together comprise a memoir of one woman's experiences with addiction and recovery

The Complete Guide to Buying at Garage, Yard, and Estate Sales and Selling Online for Fun and Profit

by Dan Blakely

Where else can you start a new business or hobby with $100.00 in your pocket and a full tank of gas in your car? For years garage sale trainer Dan Blakely has been helping people easily supplement their income by going to Garage sales! This is not a small book, it is complete and covers a very wide range of profit opportunities. With so much demand for his services he has finally agreed to write a book to expand his expertise to whomever wants to learn. If you have wondered how some people make ... more

My World Book 2: Tramping the Globe on $10 a Day

by Ben Batchelder

A lost American, fresh out of college and despairing of his career, chaotic life, and diseased family, looks to renew himself. Invited to Europe, he decides to travel ever east on $10 a day for over a year. Here is the story of his odyssey, with disastrous brushes with thieves, malicious custom officials, lost luggage, Cairo scam artists, and Thai police. It is a tale of lost innocence, political awakening, falling in love, and finding the support, and resourcefulness, to pull through the most... more

The Writing on the Wall

by Marilyn Howard

The Writing on the Wall provides strategies to conquer and succeed in life and business, while telling an entertaining story. Becoming an entrepreneur wasn't an option for a woman in the early 1960s, but explorations called and opportunities appeared. Breaking through an ad agency's glass ceiling, skiing in Aspen, and a year of travel adventures led to the founding and operating of Creative Freelancers Inc., the first central agency for freelance commercial artists ... more

Memoirs of Arbaia

by barry j england

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