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1) Ripples
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As a young girl on the idyllic Milky Way Farm, author Karen Vanderlaan initially believes life is full of magic, wonder, and horses. All too quickly, however, her innocence is lost when her mother gets involved with an abusive, manipulative woman named Bunny. Bunny subjects Karen and her younger siblings to unspeakable cruelties -- all in the name of God. Karen's spirit is deeply scarred by Bunny's inhumanity, but the adversity serves to solidify...
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An angel spreads his wings ... Sonny Barger is the number-one spokesman for the motorcycle experience. His New York Times bestseller, Hell's Angel, was an exhilarating history of his adventures with the world's most notorious motorcycle club. Now he brings us rousing, moving, and wildly entertaining true stories of his renegade brothers and sisters in the relentless pursuit of liberty, individuality, and the "ultimate ride." And what stories he has...
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Gatekeeper Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"This book is about my family living in Iraq and me being injured when I was eight years old by a bomb in 2006. I became paralyzed from the neck down and we left a wreck because of the war. I came with my whole family in 2008 and we have been living here since then."--
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Gatekeeper Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"This thrilling page-turner describes the lives of the most controversial men of our era and how they impacted each other. We now realize that the greatest threat to our country can come from within as well as those not in our own country. Can an administration ignore laws and attack democratic institutions without damaging democracy? These shocking revelations are not without some humor to brighten what are otherwise dark and scary truths."--
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Stories of life, death and unforgettable clinical cases A psychiatrist and a patient with supernatural connections. A family man's resilience as he recovers from a life-changing terrorist attack. A rural nurse specialist and his incredible roadside rescue of a woman on the brink of cardiac death. A trauma therapist caught in the aftermath of a violent methamphetamine episode. The Unexpected Patient tells the stories of patients who impacted health...
7) Road 19
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Publisher
Gatekeeper Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Road 19 is a very real place that represents the beginning foundation of what has become my family. And we're not just your typical family either. Some things that were, and are, prevelent in my family stand out as extraordinary for sure. Very big highs and debilitating lows have found us in many ways through several generations thus far. As honest as I can be about my family's personal story, I must say, it is fascinating to realize all that took...
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Roving Pen Publishing
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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Darlene Millers book, RV Chuckles and Chuckholes- The Confessions of Happy Campers, is full of amusing anecdotes, jokes, adventures and pot-hole experiences while traveling in a RV (recreational vehicle) throughout the USA and Canada. It includes stories about sleeping in a real bed when visiting relatives, how to get rid of your husband (for a little while), and special RVers such as the gentleman who had a complete heart transplant 19 years previously....
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Publisher
Publication Consultants
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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"Darlene Miller has a second book about the RV lifestyle which is full of amusing anecdotes, jokes, adventures and chuckhole experiences while traveling throughout the USA and Canada. It includes stories about the search for the white Kermodei bear in British Columbia; how to stay in touch with your grandchildren while traveling and bond with other RVers while parked in the desert around Quartzsite, Arizona. Guest contributors write about the quest...
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Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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In March 1949, Danguolė Rudokaitė-Raudonikienė's family were among the unfortunate ones who were exiled from Lithuania to the remote settlements of the Soviet Union. Her diary depicts the journey from their beloved homeland to an unfamiliar place in Eastern Siberia through the eyes of an 11-year-old girl. She writes about the horrifying journey on trains used for cattle. These trains did not have any windows. The conditions were gruesome and beyond...
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The History Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"All I am is a fisherman. That's all I'm guilty of, Your Honour. On 31 May 2010 eleven holdalls were discovered along the shore near Freshwater on the Isle of Wight; when opened they contained Đ53m worth of cocaine -- the biggest haul ever found in UK waters. A local fishing crew was accused of waiting in the Channel for the bags to be thrown from a passing cargo ship in an operation allegedly masterminded by a local scaffolder. The Freshwater Five...
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Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Do you ever fear growing old? Do you ever see an old man or woman in the street and wonder if that is what it will be like for you? Every picture tells a story, but it is not always the picture you may imagine. Appearances are deceptive. It is not the same for everyone of course, but this book shows how, for many, old age has so much to offer, to excite and even to look forward to."--
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Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Alfred Plumley, son of a coachman, was born in 1874 in Somerset's Mendip Hills. Written in his old age, this memoir of his youth was discovered in an auction sale. In it, Alfred vividly describes his country childhood and first job as a serving boy at the grand house on the hill above his village. At age 16, Alfred decides to improve his prospects by 'going on the railway' and is sent to a tiny village station on the Somerset coast. He quickly comes...
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Islandport Press / Independent Publishers Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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In this fast-paced and rollicking book, author Maxwell Taylor Kennedy takes readers on a wild ride as he relates the harrowing voyage to deliver his boat, Valkyrien, a 90-foot dilapidated wooden schooner, from San Francisco to Washington, DC. From day one, Kennedy and his skeleton crew face almost insurmountable odds and personal danger in their quest to make the crossing. Rich in nautical detail and humor, Kennedy recounts his adventure -- its pleasures...
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A fascinating and comprehensive look into the life of American fashion designer Ralph Lauren, now with an afterword. "Deep-dish ... sharp-clawed ... honestly admiring." -- New York Times There are at least two Ralph Laurens. To the public he's a gentle, modest, yet secure and purposeful man. Inside the walls of Polo Ralph Lauren, though, he was long seen by some as a narcissist, an insecure ditherer, and, at times, a rampaging tyrant. Michael Gross,...
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English
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The importance of Dutch theologian Herman Bavinck to Reformed theology is difficult to overstate. Bavinck's comprehensive four volume systematic theology, Reformed Dogmatics , is a modern classic that has influenced countless pastors and theologians over the past 100 years. In Bavinck on the Christian Life , scholar John Bolt brings the great Dutch theologian fellowship with the triune God to highlighting his teaching on justification, this study...
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Brown Books Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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The true life story of a gunslinging, gambling moonshiner is recounted in this "cheerful, wild ... rollicking biography" by the outlaw's own nephew ( Forward Reviews ). Born to a Texas sharecropping family in 1904, Emmett Long soon fell in love with fast engines and fast living. An associate of legendary outlaws like Pretty Boy Floyd and Frank Nash, Emmett rose from poverty to infamy as a prodigious gambler, moonshiner, bank robber, and -- on occasion...
19) How We Met
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Stand-up comedian Michele A'Court rekindles the passion, with a brilliant collection of 'How We Met' stories. How We Met is based on a collection of 'How We Met' stories - those lovely stories couples love to tell (and we all love to hear) about how they got together. The author's theory: that these stories of how couples meet - the romantic, absurd, serendipitous, convoluted, scandalous, breath-taking moments of connection - help to weave their lives...
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Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield has been described as one of the most influential and important theologians in American history, second only to Jonathan Edwards. A prolific writer, he published on a wide variety of theological topics. Warfield scholar Fred Zaspel focuses here on Warfield's writing on the subject of the Christian life. The gospel, the good news of our salvation through Jesus Christ, is central to all of life for Warfield. Zaspel touches...
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