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  • Heart in Pilgrimage Heart in Pilgrimage
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    Heart in Pilgrimage

    The poet George Herbert was born in1593 and died just before his fortieth birthday in1633.While an undergraduate at Cambridge, he wrote to tell his mother that he had resolved that the poetry he wrote would always be 'consecrated to God's glory'. He...
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  • Well Worth Waiting for Well Worth Waiting for
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    Well Worth Waiting for

    John Sheen, the author of this book, was told, aged nine, that his parents were dead.It was then, having found them alive and well, that he was told that he had been adopted.This is his story, and how he came to find his birth family after sixty four...
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  • Governess Governess
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    Governess

    This is an amazing story of a strong woman who has battled drugs up until now, as even when I stopped using drugs, I've been harassed to affect me in a way, so when I told my story, they hoped I'd be off key. This is one of the three books. My first one...
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  • Sudden Exit Sudden Exit
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    Sudden Exit

    Sudden exit is an account of one man's struggle to fight back to health after suffering a massive cardiovascular attack (Stroke). Follow him through his physical and psychological struggles share his frustration and his anxiety. Does he make it? Or will...
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  • An Unlikely Liaison An Unlikely Liaison
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    An Unlikely Liaison

    There are two layers to this story, past and present. A middle-aged teacher reflects upon her life and the fantasies and obsessions which have led her to make some seriously wrong decisions.And yet those same wrong decisions have led her, against all the...
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  • Waiting for General MacArthur Waiting for General MacArthur
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    Waiting for General MacArthur

    Virgilio's story had to be told. The time had come when Virgilio Gonzales just had to tell his story. It could wait no longer. The time had not softened the memories of his youth, when the Japanese occupied the Philippines, his native country, during...
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    The Toilet Salesman

    Sales representative by day; author by night. This is the real story behind selling one of life?s necessities. This is the story of The Toilet Salesman. Their official name is toilet or water closet but they have many vernacular names. Crapper, John, or...
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    Jack Otero

    This book describes different passages of my life, from humble beginnings in Cuba to my retirement days. The lessons I learned from my dear mother during my childhood prepared me for the struggles and perseverance needed to succeed in life. My mother was...
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    The Pena-Lara Story

    After discovering additional information pertaining to his paternal side of the family, author Christopher G. Peña revised his original book to provide the reader with a richly detailed account of each member of the Peña-Lara family, along with their...
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  • Rising Above and Beyond the Crossbar Rising Above and Beyond the Crossbar
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    Rising Above and Beyond the Crossbar

    The Civil Rights era is the backdrop to this story of a black college soccer team who played their hearts out to overcome racial injustice in 1970s USA. Stocked with some of the best Caribbean and African players of the era, the Howard University Bison...
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    Cracked Shell Whole Yolk

    "Cracked Shell Whole Yolk" is a collection of life events from the mind of a woman who survives domestic violence. Margo Viola escapes her abuser through the only avenue available "Death". After cheating death herself, she in turn had crossed the line...
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  • Whatever Happened to the Orphan Joseph Gardner? Whatever Happened to the Orphan Joseph Gardner?
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    Whatever Happened to the Orphan Joseph Gardner?

    This is the story of a baby boy left at an orphanage in 1932 and adopted by an older couple. He reveals his adventures in growing up in Florida including hitchhiking to the State Fair at the age of ten or when he saw a two year old dead body in a glass...
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  • Jesus Was a Vampire Jesus Was a Vampire
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    Jesus Was a Vampire

    This story is based upon one woman's journey through insanity, after she stumbles on the belief that she is Christ. All accounts are true and based on actual events. They call her 'Jezabel' and she is not your average entertainer. She is a punk-rock,...
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    YES, DEAR, I SAW HITLER

    This book is an absolutely true and at times quite funny account of a German boy growing up during the Nazi time in that country. It gives many unique insights which will surprise readers and make that time and place easier to understand. It is good,...
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    Danny Turner

    With Danny Turner, Stansberry uses an epistolary to advance, color, and develop characters created in his two earlier novels, So Sings The Chattahoochee and 234 Whitehall. The book focuses on Danny Turner, high school friend of Dewey Favers, and the...
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  • Observing What Is Not Happening Observing What Is Not Happening
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    Observing What Is Not Happening

    Observing What Is Not Happening is a continuation of the author's first memoir, Where Your Knowledge Ends Is Where Mine Begins. Six chapters of this second memoir are ageless; they stem from the Word of God. They are predicated on the Word of God...
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  • The Distant Glow The Distant Glow
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    The Distant Glow

    As an autobiography, The Distant Glow traces the story of my life to the rough and rigorous way of life in Corella, Bohol my birthplace. Descending from generations of very poor and illiterate ancestors, I exceeded my parents' grade three education by...
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  • Abundant Life 1927-2013 Abundant Life 1927-2013
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    Abundant Life 1927-2013

    This book recounts the life and experiences of the author from a youth in poverty during the great depression, his service during World War II, his career in teaching, and his worldwide travels, all adding up to an "abundant life." This abundant life...
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  • Fishing Secrets Fishing Secrets
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    Fishing Secrets

    I finally have a day off from chartering, so we decide to take out two of our grandsons, Cody and Brady, both fourteen. Cody was a big strapping boy, five ten and two hundred pounds and a size 12 shoe size. Brady was also five ten, but only one hundred...
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  • Geography Is Destiny Geography Is Destiny
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    Geography Is Destiny

    Reinventing oneself is often necessary due to factors beyond one's control. Furthermore, where you live determines your lifestyle and opportunities. Being a woman offers other challenges. After a fifty year marriage, I found myself suddenly widowed...
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  • A Battle Won by Handshakes A Battle Won by Handshakes
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    A Battle Won by Handshakes

    As a US Marine, Lucas A. Dyer engaged in combat with the Taliban in Afghanistan's heroin capital of Helmand. He fought in the Battle of Khanjar while participating in Operation Enduring Freedom from May 2009 to December 2009. He was one of the four...
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  • Rivers of Courage and Doubt Rivers of Courage and Doubt
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    Rivers of Courage and Doubt

    This is an incredible, inspiring true story of a young man's dream and stubborn courage.Nicholas Isika left Kenya as a teenager and arrived in the United States with only forty-five dollars in his pocket, but he earned an education at Augustana Academy...
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  • Enduring Years Enduring Years
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    Enduring Years

    The Emancipation Proclamation signaled an end to oppression for some, but not necessarily an end to depression. Many former slaves remained in the South, where they and generations to follow supplied the labor for the cotton industry. Working in the...
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  • The Tree in the Garden and Other Stories The Tree in the Garden and Other Stories
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    The Tree in the Garden and Other Stories

    These stories are at right angles to things usual and familiar. What would happen if rainbows suddenly disappeared? How might the fallen angel tell the story of Adam and Eve? A walk in beautiful mountain country as a thing piercing and bleak beyond...
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  • Partners 4 Life Partners 4 Life
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    Partners 4 Life

    Early in 2008, doing ordinary, mundane things like tying his shoes and walking up steps literally took author Jim Uhrig's breath away. He had trouble breathing, and it seemed as though he could never catch his breath. That was the beginning of a long...
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  • Newsroom Buddies Newsroom Buddies
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    Newsroom Buddies

    Phone calls often bring good news. The one placed in late October of 1967 proved to be a life-changing experience for both young journalist Sandi Gould and United Press International bureau manager John Kady. Little did they know they were embarking on a...
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  • The Call of the Wilderness The Call of the Wilderness
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    The Call of the Wilderness

    Dave Vander Meer was just eighteen years old when he set out on his own to explore the northern wilderness of Ontario. Winter would start in just a week, and there was a camp to build, traps to set, and food and furs to collect. To survive, he needed to...
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  • Dakota Gold Dakota Gold
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    Dakota Gold

    Karen Wilson watched as a little tyke came running from the group of golden retriever puppies as fast as his little legs would carry him. Wearing a red ribbon, he was the most adorable bundle of golden softness she had ever seen. As soon as he reached...
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  • A Walk Beside Me A Walk Beside Me
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    A Walk Beside Me

    Deann and her husband, George, were making a life for themselves in their native Colorado, working hard to make ends meet and relishing the joys of having two children. But one of them, three-year-old Luke, was getting around slowly and still not walking...
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  • Commoner Sense Commoner Sense
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    Commoner Sense

    In "Commoner Sense", author Patrick J. Fornari, a no-nonsense average American working person, examines the United States’ unique past, present, and possible future. Built on more than a decade of research condensed into an overview of the working...
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  • Dreams of a Beijing Girl Dreams of a Beijing Girl
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    Dreams of a Beijing Girl

    An enthralling story of a Beijing girl growing up during China's Cultural Revolution that affected her career, her education and her life forever. She faced hardship and unbelievable challenges. Tears, fears, combined with happiness, carried her through...
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  • A Marriage Rooted in Evil, Lust, Lies, and Money A Marriage Rooted in Evil, Lust, Lies, and Money
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    A Marriage Rooted in Evil, Lust, Lies, and Money

    God created marriage to be a beautiful, loving union between two people willing to make a lifelong commitment. Often, though, marriage goes wrong. Husband and wife turn on each other, and the ugliness of divorce threatens a happy home. In the case of...
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  • Gangsta to Glory Gangsta to Glory
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    Gangsta to Glory

    When she was four, Angel Cabrera was a quiet, shy child who loved to dance and make others laugh. But when her parents divorced two years later, Angel’s life suddenly changed direction. As she attempted to find her place in a newly blended family,...
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  • Losing Mom Losing Mom
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    Losing Mom

    Author Cynthia Ryan offers a heartfelt glimpse into the experience of losing a parent to Alzheimer's disease. She shares the realities and heartbreak of her mother's experience, one that was both enhanced and complicated by their complex mother-daughter...
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  • Rube Burrow, Desperado Rube Burrow, Desperado
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    Rube Burrow, Desperado

    "Rube Burrow, Desperado" is the factual story of a prolific train robber in the 1880s and 1890s who briefly captured national attention through his daring deeds. His robberies ranged from Texas to Arkansas to Mississippi and Alabama, the state where he...
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  • Dancing Outside the Box Dancing Outside the Box
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    Dancing Outside the Box

    Beth's mother loved to tell this story. One morning when Beth was three or four years old, she stepped out onto their front porch wearing coveralls. A man approached on the sidewalk. Seeing her he called out, "Hello, little boy." "I am not a boy," Beth...
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  • Fifty Years as a Low Country Witch Doctor Fifty Years as a Low Country Witch Doctor
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    Fifty Years as a Low Country Witch Doctor

    Ed McTeer's mother, Florence Percy Heyward, was a direct descendant of Thomas Heyward, Jr., a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Their ancestors came to America with King's grants to large tracts of land and were among the largest rice planters...
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  • 7/Day World 7/Day World
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    7/Day World

    Exploring the world and how it shapes the people we are, author Adrienne Wolfert presents a collection of previously published insightful prose and poetry selected from her lifetime of writing.7/Day World offers a memoir of the connections that make us...
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  • Naida Naida
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    Naida

    Naida Drew Anderson's journey spans nine decades, beginning in the early 1920s. Her story begins on her aunt and uncle's farm near Belleville, Ontario. Her childhood was clouded by the deaths of her sisters, as well as her mother's painful struggle with...
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  • Finding Your Joy Finding Your Joy
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    Finding Your Joy

    Have you found your joy? Live in the present—bloom where you are planted. We should all have dreams and goals—something to look forward to—something we haven’t yet achieved. This gives us purpose and a reason for living. Just...
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  • Farewell to Target at Hicksville Farewell to Target at Hicksville
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    Farewell to Target at Hicksville

    This book was about my experiences working for Target Department Store from the summer of 2007 toward the Thanksgiving holidays. The manuscripts views how I interacted with fellow employees, at the same times, trying my best to assist the customers,...
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