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    The Murderer's Son

    On February 20th of 1967, Richard Herr plead guilty to the brutal murder of Grand Ledge houswife Betty Reynolds. From the moment the Eaton County, MI court accepted his plea however, Richard Herr has professed his innocence. In March of 2011, Richard...
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  • Challenge into Change 2011 Essay Contest Challenge into Change 2011 Essay Contest
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    Challenge into Change 2011 Essay Contest

    Transforming challenging life circumstances into positive growth and change is what this volume is meant to celebrate and hopes to inspire. The women published here responded to a call for essay submittals for the 2011 Challenge into Change Essay Contest...
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  • Down to Africa Down to Africa
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    Down to Africa

    Exhilarating, delightful, disturbing, amusing, and overall intensely personal, Down to Africa is the story of an American teenager living in southern Africa in the 1970s. It was a time of change--the beginning of the end of the apartheid era, when the...
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  • Papa Said Be Strong Papa Said Be Strong
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    Papa Said Be Strong

    Kiyo Jean Kariya, a Nisei teenager when she was interned with her family in Topaz and is now in her 80's, shares the drama of her life's adventures with her grandchildren. Her parents returned to Japan after the war with Kiyo and her two siblings only to...
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  • The Untold Story Of A Beautiful Girl The Untold Story Of A Beautiful Girl
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    The Untold Story Of A Beautiful Girl

    This story takes place when a young adolescent thirteen year old child loses the both of her parents. The struggle that she goes through her life year by year, the anger she holds onto, the hate she felt, the people who makes a difference in her life,...
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    PRIVATE MUSINGS OF A GIRL BULLIED IN CAROLTOWN!

    Private Musings of A Girl Bullied in Caroltown is a true to life story about Leslie Siegel's experiences in a small New England town her parents moved them too when her father's business began failing. Leslie was just coming of age. The book is filled...
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  • Marriage Covenant 5 Marriage Covenant 5
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    Marriage Covenant 5

    A Lady got raped a few months before her wedding. She wonders if she should tell the fiance.Another man who has a call of God was told he could not marry a lady he loves because she was not a virgin.Yet another lady who had a child while in school...
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  • The Last Fortune The Last Fortune
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    The Last Fortune

    A riveting story about an indelible college romance set in idyllic 1970's New Hampshire followed by a reunion thirty years later.
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  • Babysitting Perverts Babysitting Perverts
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    Babysitting Perverts

    What is it really like to work at an dult video store?Imagine a place just around the corner from your house. A small non descript building with a bright purple and red neon sign in the window that says simply, "Open". Men shuffle in and out of it all...
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  • Crónicas Heridas Abiertas - Memorias De Un Apropiador Crónicas Heridas Abiertas - Memorias De Un Apropiador
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    Crónicas Heridas Abiertas - Memorias De Un Apropiador

    La trama ocurre en 1996, y sus orígenes nos llevan porlas décadas del 60' al 90'; En este texto se deja traslucirla diversidad de la represión, desde dos protagonistas.-Un militar aparentemente normal, que aceptaapropiarse de un bebe durante la dictadura...
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  • In the Darkness Book One In the Darkness Book One
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    In the Darkness Book One

    In the Darkness is the first book of a planned series of P. J. Repond's memoir. P. J. (Phyllis) grew up in the small town of Hawthorne, New York. She is the the youngest of three sisters and the daughter of an alcoholic. The book is a group of short...
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  • Lex Dura Sed Lexx Lex Dura Sed Lexx
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    Lex Dura Sed Lexx

    Una raccolta di aneddoti e pensieri autobiografici che scorrono lungo la carriera artistica dell'autore dalla formazione della prima band, la registrazione del primo disco e il primo tour sullo scenario di una Milano Rock che non c'è più.Luoghi, locali...
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  • New Skeletons New Skeletons
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    New Skeletons

    The authors complete family biography including a genealogical profile of connected families
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    Finding Dorothy

    Edwardian cover girl and silent screen star Dorothy Gibson survived the Titanic, a disastrous marriage, even the horrors of a World War II concentration camp, but history didn't spare her. Randy Bryan Bigham reclaims the story of a life forgotten.Finding...
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  • Selfsame Moments I (Book) Selfsame Moments I (Book)
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    Selfsame Moments I (Book)

    A collection of fifty fragmented ideas, inspired by the mundane, unusual observations, ruminations and experiences of daily life.
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  • Climbing With Father Climbing With Father
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    Climbing With Father

    This is a transcript of the personal climbing journal of Dr. James Wynn of Indianapolis, Indiana. It documents numerous mountain climbing adventures with his father, Dr. Frank B Wynn. Frank was also a medical doctor and professor of medicine in the...
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  • Biking for Consciousness Biking for Consciousness
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    Biking for Consciousness

    "Biking for Consciousness does not mean only moving on a bicycle and doing meditation on the way. It is a way of enforcing a warm relationship among fellow human beings that are caught in the dry race of surviving for money."I have been blogging since...
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  • Ocirrus Ocirrus
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    Ocirrus

    Tristan an ambitious, driven and motivated young man finds himself arrested and convicted at age seventeen while a junior in high school of abuse. We follow him as he searches for the answers as to who he is, through his own sexual revolution, battle...
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  • Was it something we said? Was it something we said?
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    Was it something we said?

    The notorious comedy duo MacLean and MacLean played a significant role for freedom of speech in Canada. In his memoirs Blair MacLean reflects on the many lawsuits they endured including taking their fight to the Supreme Court of Canada. Woven throughout...
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  • THRIVING ON truckin' CHAOS THRIVING ON truckin' CHAOS
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    THRIVING ON truckin' CHAOS

    From humorous to horrendous, the experiences I've had for over thirty years as a truck driver. But for all the inefficieny (even unto chaos) I've thrived behind the wheel, and the company I've been with for all but one of those years has been good to all...
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  • Life's Memories (softcover) Life's Memories (softcover)
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    Life's Memories (softcover)

    These are stories I have written about my life experiences throughout the years. I hope you enjoy them! They are written with my 6 children and countless family relatives in mind.
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  • Joshua Jones Jr. Story Joshua Jones Jr. Story
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    Joshua Jones Jr. Story

    A stunning inside story of a man determined to overcome issues in relationships, family life, and homelessness; told from the perspective of a summer in Atlanta.
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  • Moritz von Kotzebue's Memoir Moritz von Kotzebue's Memoir
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    Moritz von Kotzebue's Memoir

    The fourth installment in this series is the memoirs of Moritz von Kotzebue, the son of the famous August von Kotzebue. After being captured at Polotsk in August 1812, Kotzebue spent the next year and a half in the French captivity as he was moved first...
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  • Once - the Story of Me Once - the Story of Me
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    Once - the Story of Me

    Marily's memoirs. Nonfiction. 3 parts. Growing up. Living in postwar Germany. Raising a family, as told by the house.
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  • Flipped over Twice and Died Flipped over Twice and Died
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    Flipped over Twice and Died

    "Flipped Over Twice and Died: confessions of a Utah punk", is largely set in the mid-1980s through the early 1990s in suburban Salt Lake City. It is a coming-of-age story about a young man and his struggle to fit in, to find peace, and to overcome the...
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  • ENTREVISTA AL EXTRATERRESTRE (Sin las notas al pie) ENTREVISTA AL EXTRATERRESTRE (Sin las notas al pie)
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    ENTREVISTA AL EXTRATERRESTRE (Sin las notas al pie)

    El contenido de este libro esta principalmente extraído de la carta, transcripciones de entrevistas y notas personales, que he recibido de la última Matilda O'Donnell MacElroy. En su carta, me asegura que éste material está basado en su recuerdo de la...
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  • Two Dimes a Day Two Dimes a Day
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    Two Dimes a Day

    As I was contemplating writing this book, after much encouragement from family over the years, I wasn't sure about undertaking the task. I wrestled with these thoughts most of one night, and by morning, I knew how to solve my dilemma. I got down on my...
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  • In - Her Rage In - Her Rage
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    In - Her Rage

    Are you a survivor of childhood sexual abuse? Have you experienced sudden and tragic loss that left you angry and empty inside? Do bad relationships follow you everywhere you go?As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, victim of sudden and traumatic...
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  • The Stories an Old House Can Tell The Stories an Old House Can Tell
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    The Stories an Old House Can Tell

    The Stories an Old House Can Tell came about as I traveled down the country roads and saw old houses. Imagining the people who lived, worked, and played there, I began thinking it would be fun if our house can tell my family's story. Thus began my...
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  • On Point! On Point!
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    On Point!

    It is an honor to write a recommendation for Captain Johnson's book. We worked together for several years, planning and plotting to reduce the flow of contraband into our prison, Lee Correctional Institution. At all times, he was fully professional...
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  • Diary of Linda Woodall Salmons Swann Diary of Linda Woodall Salmons Swann
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    Diary of Linda Woodall Salmons Swann

    Jeffrey Lee Salmons fought the battle of Ewing's sarcoma cancer for five years, October 1984 until August 25, 1989. Jeff and his mother travelled back and forth to the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland...
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  • What God Has Done to Us, through Us, and for Us What God Has Done to Us, through Us, and for Us
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    What God Has Done to Us, through Us, and for Us

    What God Has Done to Us, through Us, and for Us is all about Psalm 78:4, "We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done." This...
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  • Daddy's Special Little Girl Daddy's Special Little Girl
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    Daddy's Special Little Girl

    "Is it possible to describe the confusion and shame I felt every time daddy came to my bedroom and used me to fulfill his sexual perversion? Is it possible to describe the fear that consumed me when I thought I was pregnant with my dad's baby?" Daddy's...
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  • Surviving the Mountain Surviving the Mountain
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    Surviving the Mountain

    The book Surviving the Mountain is based on my life and how I survived through many near-death experiences. From my beginning to being separated from my biological father as a baby to short memories of living in East Los Angeles and moving to El Monte at...
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  • Outsourced to the Appalachian Trail Outsourced to the Appalachian Trail
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    Outsourced to the Appalachian Trail

    This book allows the reader to experience a foretaste of what life is like on the Appalachian Trail. The daily journal entries of all 162 days, along with photos of each of those days, shares the reality of what the AT can and will throw at you each and...
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  • Through Dark Clouds Shines Holy Light! Through Dark Clouds Shines Holy Light!
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    Through Dark Clouds Shines Holy Light!

    From humid, bleak cottonfields of Mississippi in the late 1930s, to the Olympic Mountains with the Pacific Ocean crashing against the shores, this story spans over seven decades in the incredible life of one twin. Nan Heathers and her identical twin,...
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  • Miss Zib Miss Zib
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    Miss Zib

    Miss Zib-the title of Miss Zib came from a story Ellen told me years ago. She said, "Rich, when I was in grade school, a teacher could not pronounce my name, Zbyszynski, so he called me Miss Zib!"When writing the book, looking for an unusual...
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  • The Journey for Justice The Journey for Justice
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    The Journey for Justice

    The Journey for Justice contradicts the beliefs that black history is lost, nonexistent, and unimportant. The information in the book expands the knowledge on African American history, as well as reveals facts that have never been published. The research...
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  • Home Is Where the Heart Is Even in a Chicken House Home Is Where the Heart Is Even in a Chicken House
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    Home Is Where the Heart Is Even in a Chicken House

    The Lord put on my heart to write Home Is Where the Heart Is Even in a Chicken House. It goes back to the day I was born and my childhood days growing up, days with my parents and living in a chicken house while my dad built a small three-room house for...
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  • Finding H20M3 Finding H20M3
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    Finding H20M3

    Finding H2OM3 is a story that follows a young boy into adulthood, not knowing what God has in store for him. As he grows in his faith and his wisdom, he EVENTUALLY realizes exactly what God had planned for him. His journey takes him all over the world,...
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    Joseph the Carpenter from Nazareth

    The man who God selected to marry the Virgin Mary. The man who would raise God's son. A son who would be named Jesus, who will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. His Kingdom will never end. He will give his people the knowledge of...
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  • Like the Wind I Go, LARGE PRINT Like the Wind I Go, LARGE PRINT
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    Like the Wind I Go, LARGE PRINT

    Large Print Edition. "Like the Wind I Go" is a sweeping memoir about identity and independence, as a young man grapples with his burgeoning adulthood and an ancient empire faces its final hours of existence. It's 1978, and Iran is swept up in a...
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  • Harmonies of Artificial Intelligence Harmonies of Artificial Intelligence
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    Harmonies of Artificial Intelligence

    "Harmonies of Artificial Intelligence" - A Whirlwind Race Against Time Amidst Concealed Intrigues, Millennia-Old Prophecies, and the Mechanics of AI. An ancient portent illuminating the present. A worldwide conspiracy involving global powers. • Events...
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