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Can you imagine being in an abusive marriage for two decades and not even knowing it?
Have you ever wondered why she stays? How she fell for his manipulations when she's so smart? How he could possibly be abusive when he is such a good guy?
As a bright and confident therapist, successful businesswoman, author, and international speaker, Heather Boorman-Morris was the antithesis of the stereotypical abused woman. Yet, she was the woman who stayed...
22) The Way North
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The Way North tells the story of a young man who decides to embark on a perilous journey to the United States of America after leaving his home country, just like many Central American migrants who have left everything behind. They have traveled with their family to pursue the American dream, which for many becomes a real nightmare on the hostile journey aboard the railroad that crosses Mexican territory from south to north, nicknamed the BEAST. This...
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"Get out here, now, or I'm gonna kill you!" he hollered.Little girls are hardwired to hold their daddies in high esteem, so it comes as a shock the first time a daughter feels the back of her daddy's hand across her face . . . or watches him punch and kick her mother to within an inch of her life.How could this be? Her older sisters teach her how to survive, even when he comes for her in the night.A girl learns to become invisible, to look the other...
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Este libro sincero es el resultado de una necesidad del propio Andrés Iniesta: la de explicarse como jugador de fútbol, pero sobre todo como ser humano.
Para lograrlo utiliza su propia voz y nos cuenta cómo fue su infancia y su adolescencia en Fuentealbilla y en la Masia, el mundialmente conocido vivero del Fútbol Club Barcelona, cómo vivió los momentos más felices y más tristes de su carrera deportiva y cómo es su vida cotidiana, rodeado...
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THE GREAT PLATYPUS CAPER & OTHER HILARIOUS MISADVENTURES is a collection of short autobiographical stories that are often humorous, occasionally thought-provoking, and at times uplifting. It is filled with tales of situations spiraling wildly out of control, but at the end holds a message of hope for anyone who ever considered themselves an outcast or misfit. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and hopefully you'll buy copies for everyone you know.
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Summer with the Indians recalls many of my personal observations and experiences with Native Americans over the years, with a special focus on my life as a teenager in 1961. Only a few weeks before my 15th birthday I began working with Native Americans in the apple orchards of Washington State. It was the summer I learned much about a different culture, about prejudice, about true friendship.
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Polarization and chaos in the world can feel overwhelming. SOULFUL COURAGE shares the author's multi-faceted experiences that reflects a tenacious uplifting approach to life's challenges. She provides a capitol city and rural view of bestselling books such as Being Mortal, Tuesdays with Morrie, Carry On, and The Book of Joy. Bobbi had the honor of working with Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross who was a pioneer in the hospice movement and she shares her wisdom....
28) Onwards
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Onwards is an ode to the bonds of companionship that grow between those who revel in the wilder landscapes of the British Isles. Written in the style of Ring of Bright Water and Born Free, Onwards tells the true story of the author's life in falconry, beginning with his childhood in rural Shropshire. Along the way we meet a cast of eclectic individuals – from a duck-shooting vicar, a maverick gamekeeper, to an SAS soldier-turned-explorer – they...
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Un escándalo literario cuyos ecos siguen vivos sacudió la vida cultural italiana en septiembre de 2014: para sorpresa de todos, un asesino convicto y confeso había ganado el Premio Sciascia de ese año. Se llamaba Giuseppe Grassonelli, aunque en su pueblo natal todos lo conocían desde niño por el apodo de "Mala Hierba". Este libro es su historia. Comienza cuando, siendo aún adolescente, emigra a Alemania en busca de la prosperidad que Sicilia...
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The Shawbridge Boys Farm, just north of Montreal Quebec, has been reforming children for more than a hundred years. Thousands of stories can be collected from the children, adults, and seniors who have lived on "The Farm". This is a story of just one of them, but it can't be told without including many about the kids who were there with her.This is a true tale of a teenage girl who, in 1983, refused to go to school and became a ward of Quebec's juvenile...
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In 2000, while moving his household from Vermont to North Carolina, David Payne watched from his rearview mirror as his younger brother, George A., driving behind him in a two-man convoy of rental trucks, lost control of his vehicle, fishtailed, flipped over in the road, and died instantly. Soon thereafter, David's life hit a downward spiral. His career came to a standstill, his marriage disintegrated, and his drinking went from a cocktail-hour indulgence...
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In a world where the pressure to conform and excel in predefined roles often leaves us feeling stuck and unfulfilled, "How Should We Think About This" emerges as a poignant memoir for those seeking meaning beyond societal expectations. The author, who has long pondered life's profound questions, draws from his diverse experiences as a restaurateur, an entrepreneurial consultant, a personal coach, and a father. His life, rich in inquiry and exploration,...
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Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson shares the shocking true story of Tyler, an abused eleven-year-old who, after stabbing his step-mother, had nowhere else to go. Knowing a little of Tyler's past — his biological mother, a heroin addict, died of an overdose when he was three — Casey feels bound to do her best for him. It isn't easy; Tyler continuously lashes out, even trying to attack Casey herself. Investigation into his earlier...
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Shawn wrote this book based upon his life experiences as a business owner trying to remain spiritually grounded.
His personal relations with an angel appearing as his ex-girlfriend had a profound impact on his life. His personal adventures while traveling and in his daily life were impacted by informants working for a crooked detective. Some of these informants were escorts and others were girlfriends but all situations lead him to trying to...
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Calin Wheeler was an ordinary kind of guy living an ordinary life until he ventured high up into the Moroccan Atlas Mountains. It was there that he was woken up by a Voice and a light that connected him to God.
What he thought he knew about himself, and life was so far removed from the reality of what it is. And that the change that took place was so profound that it when he came down the mountains noy only did he leave the old version of himself...
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My mind tends to see humor in what others think isn't so damn funny. Even when I was in the hospital and in some pretty bad pain, I found moments of humor. When people who write humor see the world, it just does not look like what other people see. That is the best I can do to explain it.
Vince Clews is the author of one previous book, Water Walkers: From Secular Careers to Sacred Service, 39 Stories of Faith.
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Appalachian Mountain Girl is a sensitive and beautifully written autobiographical account of a childhood in the coalmine district of Depression-era Kentucky. With humor and warmth-but without sentimentality-Rhoda Warren recounts the lives of these mining people whose religion and family values buttressed and sustained them. As a young girl, Rhoda began to catch glimpses of the world outside her narrow mountain community through the stories in True...
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Child's Play in the Seasons by Jean King is a semi-autobiographical collection of stories about the author's early childhood in Alton, Illinois. Artfully written, she brings to life humorous and unsettling stories about a neighborhood above the Mississippi River bluffs that has remained untouched even today.
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At the tender age of 10, Emanuel embarked on a journey of self-discovery by picking up a pair of scissors and cutting his own hair. Three attempts later, his older brother offered his own locks for Emanuel's budding talent. This humble beginning soon evolved into haircutting sessions for family and friends in the backyard and throughout the neighborhood.
Upon completing high school, Emanuel took a significant step towards his passion by enrolling...
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