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It was a role she never expected to fill, but Linda Jenkins was soon thrust into a life of unpredictable days, lonely nights, and searing grief. For eighteen years she watches her mother give more and more of herself to Alzheimer’s disease from the...

The purpose of this book is to share how the grace of God was so beautifully displayed in the life of my wife Rene and how it was able to allow her to live joyously and victoriously though the trial of ovarian cancer. It is my hope and prayer that this...

Dr. Jim Burleson was raised on a farm north of Carlisle, Arkansas in the Wattensaw community, named for the nearby bayou. He was one of three children. The family raised cattle, pigs, cotton and soybeans. He and his brother Stan began hunting and fishing...

In this memoir, a young African leader shares his thoughts on finding meaning in a life of purpose and service. It begins in 2009 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, where Jean-Marc Mercy receives a telephone call and learns that his father is...

What people say about this bookA great testimony about sacrificial living for Christ in our time...or the outcome of a sacrificial living that needed to be told for generations. Seble Stephanos, Silver Spring, MDGreat stories of faith!Danniel Atnafu,...

@2022 copyright The pertinent quote by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr-the epigraph of Part One-may best encapsulate the theme: "Peace is not just the absence of tension it is the presence of justice..." The theme sets the stage for the autobiography: Esther...

This memoir takes you on a journey into two people's lives, witnessing their deep love for each other, their adventures and triumphs, and how they played their hand when faced with a sudden and terminal diagnosis.It is filled with anecdotes, wisdom, and...

<p>Natasha, an idealist from humble beginnings, has reached the third decade of her life: the twenties. Traveling through this time capsule revealed her idealistic perspective as well as the layers of her strengths and weaknesses. More than...

Vietnam and Back, is the first hand account of a helicopter gunship pilot who served in Vietnam during 1969. It is an accurate and realistic portrayal of one average guy engaged in helicopter warfare in Vietnam. Flying helicopters can be challenging, and...

How do you think your family would react if you told them you-and they-were going to serve in the Peace Corps in Malawi? Do you think they'd be excited to make such a move? Do you think you and your family would be able to make a positive influence on...

Esta historia es una auto biografía de mi infancia. Cual estuvo llena de muchas lecciones fuertes por las cuales tuve que enfrentar mientras crecía. Lecciones que me dejaban cicatrices y otras que me preparaban para enfrentar la vida que me...

Project: 733120 ~ Salesforce - Unlimited EditionIf asked at the many different points in my life to describe the definition of “normal”, no two answers would’ve been the same. My Drill Sergeant, when I was in the Army, said that it...

A cosmic exploration of our lost connection to the earth. This story eminates the journey of waking-up amidst the normality of the world. This adventure asks us to dive deep into understanding ourselves and the world around us. What would it be like if...

William Franklin Hickson III grew up in Orangeburg, South Carolina, a college town with a strong middle-class community of African-Americans.If he and his friends were not going to football games or watching football on television, they were playing...

“Normal families make fewer enemies, but dysfunctional families make better memories.” Mirabelle Pereira shares twenty vignettes featuring her family, which has caught the attention of law enforcement and airport authorities around the...

This book is all about trains and my experiences with them together with the years of service in the locomotive area. I am recording as best as I can in this book the memoirs of my time as a fireman on the South African railways and as a scrap metal...

Chris-born Lazarus-had to contend with everything from abuse to assault and attempted murder growing up.Whether it was his birth mother, his foster families, or adoptive parents, no one seemed to care about him or want him. Even the police were not on...

In 1962, author Linda Palmer and a few friends from work began meeting on Friday nights to wind down from the week, enjoy each other's company, and play a game of bridge. She had no idea that tradition would continue for almost sixty years.In Always...

Olivia Clark was born in 1938 in Mississippi at the tail end of The Great Depression.Her father was from Alabama but left home to get a job with the Civilian Conservation Corps, and that’s how he met Olivia’s mother and started a family...

One of nine children, author Clara Smithson was born during World War II in 1943 on her grandfather’s farm in Tennessee. In The Whippoorwill Calls, she narrates the story of her life as she grew up in the 1940s and 1950s.This memoir narrates how...

Discover the story of a young woman-ambitious, smart, driven-and her struggle to thrive and succeed in a very patriarchal society in Africa. When both her personal and professional life descends into darkness, she learns that there is only one true...

This is the inspiring memoir of an Afro-American male who grew up in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s when poverty and segregation were in bloom, yet defied the odds to become a science educator and greatly admired member of his community. He discusses the many...

My name is Lt. Col. James A. Seals. I am 100 years old, World War II Veteran, and Pearl Harbor Survivor. This back cover photo was taken 6 December 1941 the night before the Japanese attacked Hawaii. A friend and I were supposed to go to the USS...

B.O.S.S. is depicting the struggles of a young woman who finds herself lost in the grips of active addiction and finding her way through it, reflecting on her journey and coming to terms with it. After many years of experiencing the disparities among...

Lost Family: FOUND! is an astonishing, epic, true story. The incredible discovery in our "golden-years," (68 years after the end of WWII), of an American family found by an unknown brother left behind in England, who led us to find other family secrets...

Sean McElwee has lived a rich extracurricular life. As a student, he played every sport offered, joined Cub Scouts, attended dances, and even dated a celebrity. Sean, who has Down syndrome, functions according to a combination of the "it's easier to gain...

A true story of the perils of our big white male goose or "how he duck (duct) taped my goose." "Dad you have to do something. Heigher, our dog has almost killed the blue-eyed goose." The goose was lying down with his entrails laying on the ground. I told...

This memoir chronicles the unique ordeals of identical twin sisters Diana and Julia Lockwood. Even among twins, Diana and Julia were especially close and deeply entwined--they were more than just sisters or best friends, they were like one soul in two...

A stale marriage. A deadly diagnosis. For Sally Connolly, three years of struggle followed her husband Peter's surgery for terminal brain cancer at age 61. Choosing treatment options that interfered least with his career, Peter focused his limited...

To be a drug addict is to be a slave to a beast that constantly screams to be fed. It's a feeling that Nascosta InCristo discovered as a teenager in Australia, where she grew up feeling ignored by her parents.She began skipping school and found new...

I Call Evil Daddy is the true story of a girl's hardscrabble life. Filled with adventures, misadventures, sorrow and fleeting joy, this riveting tale plumbs the depths of Carolyn Craig's path to eventual self-discovery. A memoir of heartache and love and...

In the 1960s, adoptions of foreign babies by residents of the United States were relatively rare. One woman sought to change that trend. In her memoir, Take My Children, author Bernice Gottlieb shares the story of her involvement in international...

In The Chili Cone Chronicles, Michael Winslow shares his remarkable story of growing up and coming-of-age in a small midwestern town during the tempestuous, whirlwind time of the 1960s. Funny and poignant by turns, Winslow offers a memorable journey...

Ernest G. ZumBrunnen's career begins in 1932. He is just six years old, and the Great Depression is well under way in his hometown of Brooklyn, Wisconsin. Most people are struggling to earn money for their next meal, but Ernest spends his time thinking...

Gleaned from everyday, real-life events, More Dory's Stories presents a collection of thirty-three inspirational narratives. In this, her second compilation, author D.J. DeSai covers a plethora of subjects-including car and horse racing, animals, school...

Prior to the stock market crash in 1929, Holland was a prosperous country where its people enjoyed secure futures-or so they thought. After the world's economic collapse, millions were forced into a poverty-stricken existence where every day was a...

On June 10, 1935, Dorse Lanpher was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck. After he was resuscitated by the doctor, Dorse began living a meaningful life ruled by his vivid imagination, artistic talent, and passion for creating...

RODERICK STACKELBERG has an unusual story to tell, particularly of his early years. Stackelberg was born in Munich in 1935 to an American mother and a German father. He grew up in Germany during the Nazi years, including the Second World War, before...

Life presents us with a series of events. These events are not always what we would like; but if we face reality, we realize that they are what we are given. In A Cheerful Heart, Diana Holt shares what she has learned from a lifetime of accepting the...

The night of April 6, 1994, in Rwanda was like many others for Hadidja Nyiransekuye and her family. Yet the next morning when they awakened, turned on Radio Rwanda, and heard nothing but dead air, Hadidja’s husband had a premonition—something was wrong...

It’s a big world. Somebody’s gotta do it.As a kid in rural Kentucky, Sean Bugg dreamed of the day he would make it to the big city. When he got there, the small town boy found himself in a big-town world of sex, love, parties, fashion disasters, some...

It all seemed so picture-perfect. It was a typical fall evening in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, in 1965 when John Gouin, a twelve-year-old boy with big dreams came home from football practice and sat down at the dinner table with his mother. But when the...