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Extended Horizon Reflections

by Jeff Jackson

I describe the out-of-the-ordinary life that I've lived and share some of what I've learned along the way. I describe being a teenage soldier, husband, and father and an incredible health-scare with our newborn. A season of life living as a missionary with my family in another country, and then being diagnosed with a terminal disease that changed the trajectory of my life.

hotels and resorts

by aby jose

Winterfeel Hotels and Resorts is a big part of Kerala tourism also India and abroad. We are in the limelight for the tourism industry and to enhance the vision of tourism as well. In the first phase, seven beautiful destinations are held with ongoing projects in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, with secure 4-star facilities. The second phase is waiting for 20 great projects. Winterfeels is a thriving vacation ownership ... more

Life Goes On: Wait, wait. There's more to the story!

by John E. Budzinski

What do you say to Saint Peter as he escords you to see THE BOSS - to talk about your Permanent Record - your legacy? Where you just a victim of circumstances, or is there more to the story...?

A Watch in the Night: The story of Pomquet Island's last lightkeeping family

by Ruth Edgett

"A Watch in the Night: The story of Pomquet Island's last lightkeeping family" chronicles the struggles of one Nova Scotia family to survive on a tiny windswept island without running water, electricity, or reliable communication with the mainland. For thirty-six years, George and Ruth Millar tended the Pomquet Island light, raised generations of livestock, brought up their six children, and lived through violent storms and other weather disasters. "A Watch in the Night" is not a dry account of ... more

Medical Diver

by Len Starbeck

What on earth is a medical diver? Someone who practices medicine underwater? Leonard Starbeck served for over 28 years in the U.S. Navy and Marines, and in this fascinating memoir he answers that very question. Follow along as he tells stories of his many adventures travelling the world as an Independent Medical Diver (DMT/IDC) and a tactical medic, and more recently as a surgical nurse and Merchant Marine Medical Service Officer.

Barking at the Moon

by Tracy Beckerman

Undeterred by her inability to keep a houseplant alive, Tracy Beckerman decides her family just isn’t complete without a dog. But when Riley comes into their lives, they realize they got a lot more than they bargained for. From tracking wet cement through the house to shredding the family’s underwear, Riley is a one-dog wrecking ball. Add in the challenge of trying to housebreak a dog in a hurricane and you have a recipe for chaos. But Riley also brings something else into the family. A sweet... more

Like a Dandelion in the Wind

by Andrea Johns

Andrea endured many hardships in her life while travelling around Australia with her lovable rascal of a father. She was taught cunningness, survival, love, gambling, hunting and fishing, unlike any education you get from sitting in a classroom. Taken out of school at barely 13, she lost count of how many schools she attended in her mere 5 years of education. Engaged at15,married at 16 and a mother at 17. War and the traumatic birth of her second child only made her stronger. Evacuated to London... more

Deep Creek or Bust

by Deborah Laird Meeks

The year is 1966. Seven teenage girls meet at the primitive Girl Scout camp of “Camp Mountain Meadows,” on Greenhorn Mountain, in the Sequoia National Forest. The “Cardebanngiebarlys” patrol is created by using a syllable from each of their names, then the fun begins. The counselors teach survival skills required to go on the most rugged and adventurous hike offered at the camp—a backpack trip to Deep Creek, the coveted natural swimming hole with a rock slide. Of all the skills the girls learn, ... more

Just Being Alive: A Memoir of Struggle and Self-acceptance

by Steven M. Wetstein

From the moment in kindergarten when he joined his class in singing If You’re Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands— and felt ashamed that he wasn’t happy—Steven Wetstein knew he was different. Shy, alone and afraid, but bright, he made it through grade school, but was lost in adulthood. Bombing out of college, and without job skills, he made a scant living as a cook. Estrangement from his family followed, and he never had an intimate relationship or built a circle of friends. This was partly du... more

Natālija

by Valda Zalums Gebhart

A young Latvian woman, responsible for the safety of her parents, her sister and their nursing children, leads the family’s remarkable journey of escape ahead the Soviet Army advancing on Rīga and into the clutches of the retreating German Army. Natālija is brave story rich in human emotion. It is a memoir of survival, irreconcilable love, and heart wrenching loss as the Petrockis family is dispatched to a series of German labor camps before liberation by American fo... more

The Impossible Road

by Joe Massaro

From academic failure and drag racing with Don Garlits to hidden drama at the 1980 Winter Olympics and a dream of constructing a Frank Lloyd Wright master’s masterpiece, Joe Massaro hits all the peaks and valleys on his Impossible Road. Overcoming a Learning Disability Joe Massaro says he’s a lucky guy, but luck got a leg up from his swift business instincts, street smarts, and perseverance. Encumbered by an undiagnosed learning disability and 10 years of academic failure and summer school, J... more

A Scientific Life

by Graham Richards

All generations of students think that they are special and possibly unique. Those of us who went up to Brasenose College in Oxford in 1958 can justify that claim better than most, particularly if that ‘Class’ includes, as is reasonable, those who came up in 1959 but went into the second year and hence took their Finals with most of us: the Class of 1961 in the north American usage, which dates by the year of graduation rather than of matriculation. The most notable additions were the several Rh... more

Always Pass Uphill of a Yak: And Other Lessons from Nepal

by Deborah Roe

An unlikely trio—a middle aged-couple and a fun-loving cousin—discovers adventure in Nepal. They take in the sacred temples of Kathmandu and Bhaktapur, the wildlife of Bardia and Chitwan national parks, the recreation of Pokhara, and the majesty of Lower Mustang. The book is a celebration of Nepal and its people, told with honesty, awe, and humor. Perfect for readers who loved Bill Bryson's, A Walk in the Woods.

The Man in the Arena

by Eddie Gallagher

On September 11, 2018, Navy SEAL Chief Edward Gallagher—a highly-decorated combat veteran with nine deployments to war zones in Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq—was arrested for war crimes at the TBI medical clinic where he was receiving treatment. His incarceration was the culmination of a year-long whisper campaign started by a group of disgruntled members of his SEAL platoon after a successful deployment fighting ISIS in Mosul, Iraq. At the end of that deployment, Chief Gallagher was named t... more

Butterflies in the Trenches: The Hood, an Epic Bike Ride, and Finding Inspiration

by Curtis Carmichael

“Society gave us a script to follow based on our postal code and skin colour, but we ripped that stuff up and made a script of our own.”

Curtis Carmichael is an award-winning STEM educator, Team Canada Duathlete, and the founder of Ride for Promise. He was three-quarters of the way through his cross-Canada charity bike ride when the realization struck him: he wanted to help the teens coming up in the hood now... but first, he needed to help himself.

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Live Cricket

by kitana kari

Live Cricket

As a cricket enthusiast, you must be thrilled to watch the matches live on air or on the web, especially if the match is of your choice. Live matches make you feel like a part of the action even when it is not. For fans and viewers, live cricket coverage is a unique and exciting experience, something that cannot be had anywhere else. There are various ways by which you can enjoy live cricket coverage, in... more

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