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  • Stay: Why I'm Still Here, A Spiritual Memoir

    by AmyLu Riley
    Wasn't it Paul who said he longed to go, but it was more necessary to stay? AmyLu wanted God to show her what she needed to accomplish in this life so she could just do it and be free to go home. But God didn’t want a transaction. He wanted a restoration. He wanted her to know his affection in a new way while she was yet in the land of the living. He wanted to restore her crushed spirit with his compassion and hold her head close to his chest, so she could hear that his very heart beats with l... more
  • Volcanic Adventures in Tonga - Species Conservation on Tin Can Island

    by Ann Göth
    The wonder of the South Pacific comes alive in this real-life adventure story. A travel memoir based on the experiences of a young conservation scientist in Tonga. The delights and harsh realities of life on tropical islands are revealed in detail. Are you a traveller with a wanderlust for faraway islands, an enthusiast for Tongan culture, an explorer wanting to learn about a mysterious part of the world, or a lover of exotic birds? This thrilling adventure takes you to far-away places – volc... more
  • BOBM3NLZGE

    by James Ryan
    It is June 6, 1962, Graduation Day at West Point. With the Cold War raging, President John F. Kennedy told us that “above all, you will have a responsibility to deter war as well as to fight it.” After over sixty years and so many wars later, I asked my dimming memory how we got from there to here. What abides? West Point does. An honorable place without need of keys or locks. What Abides marks a journey before, to, through and after West Point. Come with us.
  • 9781958900024

    by Apple An
    Leaving nothing to fall back on, Apple left Beijing soon after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, determined to receive her doctoral education in America. She spent the first eight months in Las Cruces, New Mexico. During this period, she navigated language barriers, cultural shocks, money shortages, job failures, romance, and heartaches. She coped with the loneliness of being far from her family and friends. Her story showcases humanity's spirits of curiosity, exploration, kindness, generosity, a... more
  • Wise Little One

    by Jana Wilson

    “Use memory, don’t allow memory to use you.” ~ Deepak Chopra

    Jana Wilson takes us on a deeply personal journey of triumph over childhood trauma and the transformative power of connecting with one's inner child. This gripping memoir is a testament to the strength of the human spirit and the extraordinary capacity for healing through self-discovery and taking self-responsibility.

    As a young girl, Jana endured unimaginable hardships that left lasting scars on he... more

  • Blue Star Grit: A Mother’s Journey of Triumph and Tragedy Raising a Defiant Child into an Exceptional Leader

    by Ginny Luther

    Good leaders are hard to raise. Learn from this poignant parenting memoir the path to let go and let grow. Parenting a strong-willed child is a constant uphill battle - until you learn how to shift from control to connection using the help of a parent who guided her difficult child into a resilient leader.

    Positive Parenting founder, Conscious Discipline specialist, and single mom Ginny Luther, MS, struggled with her young son Bart, who was defiant and had a violent temper. The more she... more

  • Pechal Shelestyashchikh listyev (Russian Edition): The presence of other worlds in our lives and the importance of love.

    by Ekaterina Yakovina
    This is a book of simple words sketches, essays. The essays telling about serious things, about the presence of other worlds in our lives and the importance of love, about the quiet steps of the rain in the old city and the roads leading to the sea. The book about loneliness and overcoming it through the path to yourself. Probably, the book is not for many readers, but there are people who need it as much as the calm music of the rain behind the window.
  • Ending Up Creative: My Search for Renewal Through the Arts

    by J. William Thompson
    An unforgettable memoir of a search for personal renewal through the creative arts. When his beloved career as a magazine editor comes to an unexpected end, Bill Thompson glimpses a “now or never” opportunity to dive headlong into his deferred passion for the creative arts. He can now throw himself into daytime art classes, learning to draw the human figure from direct observation. Always having yearned to sing, he takes up the mandolin and ventures into the world of fast-paced bluegrass music.... more
  • What Comes After Cancer: A memoir for patients, family, and friends dealing with critical illness (US Edition)

    by Patricia Rodi
    According to The World Health Organization, stomach cancer comes third in the most deadly of cancers, and, despite historical records that older men make up the bulk of patients, more and more, it affects people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s, says Sciencedaily.com. In 2020 stats, stomach cancer deaths exceeded those of breast cancer. So when Patricia received the devastating diagnosis of Stage IIIB Stomach Cancer at the age of 35, she had to abandon her baby girl, her husband, her job, and all her ... more
  • Disc Jockeys, Preachers, and Elvis

    by Ron Brandon
    Top-40 radio and rock & roll were a lifestyle for most in the 50s through the 90s. Today it's rapidly fading into obscurity. The author shares his memories of that era, with net sites identified where you can listen as you read, plus 250 pictures of those golden years of radio DJs and the music you loved. Was it talent, or was it Payola? Bonus: Exclusive never told stories of how the author recorded Elvis in Tupelo in 1956, and how Elvis secreted the tapes at Graceland. The author describes how ... more
  • F**ked My Way Up to the Top: The Complete Biography of Lana Del Rey Using Her Own Words

    by Jared Woods
    With her latest album, Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey has again proven herself as one of the most crucial and original female musicians of the 21st century. So let this celebrity biography reveal the full story of Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, largely told in Lana's own words using hundreds of interviews and public statements.
  • The Bucknoll Cottage Chronicles

    by Mary Lowengard

    Throughout the summer of 2013, I harbored a secret hankering for a country house. This was a very private manifestation of a very public theory I’d articulated over almost the entire four decades (give or take) I’d lived in Manhattan. That is, if you don’t feel the urge to leave town at least three times every two weeks, you’re not really living in the City. Thus begins The Bucknoll Cottage Chronicles, the story of the intrepid author's journey from real estate ad ... more

  • A Life's Work: Learning to Overrule My Mindless Brain

    by Shep McKenney

    Shep McKenney has spent his life seeking what we all seek - happiness. In A Life’s Work he candidly shares his experiences of “having it all” in his professional and personal life yet feeling profoundly unfulfilled. Having all he knew to want, what was missing? This intimate memoir examines that question and its surprising answer.

     

    By exploring the traditional paths of religion, philosophy, and science through the lens of his life experiences he ca... more

  • Walks Like a Duck

    by Kim R. Livingston

    When her son’s teacher suggests the boy be tested for ADHD, Kim Livingston, uninformed and wary of the label, fights her. She fights the social worker, the physician. “We can call it whatever you like,” the doctor says. “But if he walks like a duck and talks like a duck, they’re all going to know he’s a duck."

    This English professor grew up spacey and overweight. ... more

  • Matilda's Triumph

    by Richard Moss
    Matilda’s Triumph: A Memoir is the story of my mother’s encounter with a devastating stroke and me, her physician-son, who failed her at a most inopportune time: its precise onset. In the confusion of the initial moments of the stroke, I did not administer a powerful but controversial clot buster that could have saved her... The narrative uniquely weaves two stories: the gripping saga of a family devastated by illness intertwined with compelling episodes of that same family’s turbulent past, le... more
  • 11 Years—A Biography of a Cancer Survivor with a Two-Month Prognosis

    by Maryla Mary Storm
    A must-read cancer memoir and biography for anyone who needs a reminder of the incredible power of the human spirit. It’s a book that will leave you feeling inspired, uplifted, and empowered to face whatever challenges may come your way.
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