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When we came back out of the cookhouse, someone yelled, "Your house is on fire!" and pointed to the small logged-off canyon that separated our place from the other houses in the camp. I remember a column of black smoke, probably from the tar paper the mill owners used for roofing.
By the time we drove back to the house, it was pretty much gone. Everything my parents owned was destroyed: clothes, dishes, hunting rifles, fishing poles, canned goods,...
62) My Bipolar Mind
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About the Book My Bipolar Mind takes you on a journey into the mind of someone who is bipolar who has gone through tremendous abuse in her lifetime, and is trying to heal through poetry. Lisa M. Berry showcases her struggle with alcohol abuse and her family's love that saved her. This riveting collection of poetry can help survivors and show them they matter, and they are not alone. About the Author Lisa M. Berry loves to write, cook, hang out with...
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Joseph and the coat of many colors. It's a classic story with all the right elements: sibling rivalry, bitter betrayal, unexpected power, and ultimate forgiveness. But what if we've missed the real story behind the story? More than just the account of one man's life, Voddie Baucham Jr. reveals how the story of Joseph is a key moment in the storyline of the Bible. Demonstrating God's unwavering commitment to his people, Joseph's life fits into God's...
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About the Author Who am I? I am a small, mouthy person who was born on the East Coast at the end of WW II, grew up and matured in placid 1950's Americana and the turbulent 60s and 70s. I was a successful entrepreneur and businesswoman during the docile 80s and 90s and am now aging in the turbulent early years of the 21st century. I have driven a hippie van and muscle cars, ridden subways in NYC, Boston, London and Paris, rescued old cats, started...
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"Don't look up," he yells as he strips off another few feet of monofilament. What kind of nonsense is that? You're standing in a small boat being violently rocked by a beam sea, hoping to hell you can get a motor started before the whole shooting match gets swamped and some joker yells, "Don't look up." Of course, I look up. The trouble is, I don't see anything because an eight-foot wall of water is staring me in the face. Vintage Charlie, only I...
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Get the Summary of Christine Blasey Ford's One Way Back in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "One Way Back" by Christine Blasey Ford recounts her personal journey surrounding the events of her public testimony against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The book delves into Ford's life before and after the testimony, exploring her love for surfing, her academic career, and her family life. It details the internal...
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Corporal Hagedorn's true life combat experiences centered around just one day, March the 6th. This is a true story of those events which impacted so many lives in just that one day. A historic struggle against overpowering odds in a conflict that seem so terrible and impacted so many... not just on that day but over the years and yet follows us to this very day. The brutality of war, the violence of death and yet... its gentile embrace.
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She Found It in the Clouds: Destined with Promise, is an extraordinary tale of a young girl's life of seeming despair to triumphant victory. This book is full of vivid imagery of a girl's life experiences, which enables the reader to feel as if they were a part of her journey. Readers will share a myriad of emotions from anticipation, despair, anger, fear, sadness, joy, and most importantly hope. This book pulls at the heartstrings and helps to reaffirm...
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About the Book Guess I'll Go Eat Worms - Maybe is a commentary on growing up and growing old in a modern western society. This writing explicates some of Phillip Anthony Dalon's life's journey, and how and why we all change our perspectives and opinions as we make this constantly changing voyage. It admittedly steps on a lot of toes, but if taken in its entirety, it may make sense to those with an open mind. Phillip's work experience includes: dishwasher,...
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The author, Anatoly Bezkorovainy, at the age of 80, reflects on the fading of his memories and decides to write a story about his life and his wife, aiming to preserve their history for future generations. He laments the common fate of diaries being lost after his wife, Marilyn, passed away and believes that a written or printed record of his love affair and marriage will endure.
He also shares a brief biography of a colleague, Dr. X, who had a promising...
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Grisha' s Loop -My Slavic Saga: From the Bolshevik Revolution to America -A story of Courage and Survival is based on Gregoire Ivanovich Samoylenko's unfinished autobiography, My Slavic Saga, which he wrote in the early 1930's with the help of his friend, Arthur Cornwall Knapp. This is the story of Gregory's childhood, and subsequent involvement in the Russian Revolution as a soldier in the Tsar's army. He is forced to abandon his engineering studies...
72) Famous, I Am Not
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About the Book Follow the life of the author through growing up in Guyana, making the move to Canada, and taking all of life's opportunities to the United States. About the Author A part of me that I am conscious of that has been with me all my adult life is to do with women's rights in this sometimes-unjust world that can be rough on them. Whenever the opportunity presents itself, I would do or say something on their behalf. I love to stay physically...
73) Sand Warrior
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Sand Warrior: The Outlaw David is a thrilling adventure story that follows the biblical hero David as he duels the fearsome Goliath with his trusty sling, pacifies the troubled King Saul with his music, and changes the course of history.
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Sand Warrior: The Outlaw David is William M Elliott's first novel. He lives in Winslow, AZ and owns JLA Contracting, Inc. He recently retired, leaving the business to his son-in-law....
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"Ramon Llull, el filósofo hispano de mayor renombre mundial, todavía no contaba con una biografía que explicara su vida y su pensamiento a un público general.
En lenguaje desenfadado y directo, el autor aborda la biografía, los avatares históricos de una época densa y agitada: el maremágnum de la filosofía, de la teología, de las ciencias nacientes, de la política: Dios y el mundo, la mística y la sociología, la psicología (incluso patológica)...
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Just as Saigon was about to fall, Son Vo (courtesy of Henry Kissinger) flew out of Vietnam to begin an adventurous life in the United States. His tales, some witty, some heart-wrenching, span not only the Pacific but his newfound country. Finding family where he could through a stream of changing faces and homes, he discovered his passion for music, allowing him to meet challenges with the goal of finding the good in them. An Asian immigrant, an orphan,...
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About the Book An account of a life framed by family, faith, and service, In Service to Justice is a part spiritual and part adventure story. Following Bill from the hills of eastern Kentucky, one man goes on a quest to improve justice in Kentucky, California, Latin America, and the Middle East. With each page, we are forced to look inward and reflect on our own virtues and how we stack up compared to others. I believe that Bill Davis has done more...
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Making Dreams Reality: The Dreamer is a memoir about one man's journey in overcoming adversity, prejudice, and hardship to achieve his dreams of becoming an educator. Growing up black during the great Depression, young Allen Singleton knew his dreams seemed nearly impossible. There were no black teachers in his hometown of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. The adults in his life even told him his goal of going to college was not feasible. Despite the odds...
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Quiero hacer memoria del origen de mis defectos, le dijo una vez El hombre de las Mil Radios a su hija pequeña. Esta es la historia de su vida en los últimos años desde la mirada de ella que acaba de perderlo. Abre la puerta. Sus bastones en el paragüero. Le impresiona verlos hoy [… ] El nudo en la garganta […] Remueve el piso en busca de él. Un largo sábado donde todo transcurre. Inventario de recuerdos en el recibidor.
Pero no está sola....
79) We Went West
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About the Book We Went West: Civil War Soldiers of the Yakima Valley highlights the life stories of a small portion of the more than two hundred Civil War soldiers and their families who traveled west after the war and settled in the Yakima Valley. The soldiers' stories briefly touch on their lives prior to and during the war with more detailed information on their lives and accomplishments after settling in Central Washington. The book is of interest...
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Ein Romanverführer anlässlich Balzacs 225. Geburtstag 2024 // Victor Hugo pries ihn, Oscar Wilde hob ihn in den Himmel: Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) ist einer der ganz Großen der Weltliteratur. Zusammen mit Stendhal und Flaubert begründet er den Realismus und erschafft mit seinem Romanzyklus „Die menschliche Komödie" einen vielfarbigen Kosmos. Balzac, der „Lehrer" von Zola und Proust, hat wie kein Zweiter die Gesellschaft in der ersten...