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At age thirty, Maya Golden was living a charmed life. She was an award-winning sports reporter, a loyal wife, and a new mom. Privately, she was battling addiction, perfectionism, dissociation disorders, and rage due to sexual abuse endured at the hands of her cousin and many other predators.But Maya wants to change. So, on a family road trip back to her Texas hometown, she is ready to put an end to the secrets that threaten her marriage and her career....
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DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST LOVE?
Do you remember your first heart break? This Memoir book is about a young woman who fell in love at the age of fifteen. She never expected to go through all of the pain, hurt and abuse that she encountered over the years. She had to grow up at an early age and thought that everything she went through in her seventeen year relationship was normal and ok. She had to learn the hard way and she had to make many...
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In the second book of this ongoing series, Royce continues his journey of self-discovery from age 14 to 18, as trauma lurks trying to hide him from himself.
Navigating life's pains, strains and hardships while attempting to find oneself is a winding path travelled as best one can. Though often unaware, Royce moves slowly yet steadily forward despite the darkness. Dangers explode without warning - hidden perils that scar his soul and edge him further...
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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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Lying Down with Dogs is a series of interrelated essays about the years Caradine spent starting and running Other Mothers Animal Rescue. As in any worthwhile endeavor, life has a way of intervening and she includes some of those non-animal adventures in her tale as it is all a part of the larger Other Mothers saga. From rescuing kittens under a house to finding a farm sanctuary that would take in a pig, from birthing puppies to cats in the freezer,...
6) Driven
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Steph (Hammerman) Roach is an accomplished fitness personality and owner of Staying Driven, LLC . Over the past decade she has used her influence and life experience to help shift societal perceptions of what it means to have a physical disability and be included in the fitness industry. Becoming the world's first Level 2 CrossFit trainer living with Cerebral Palsy, and the first adaptive athlete to be signed by Nike Training, Steph is used to blazing...
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Fran Stewart, award-winning & national best-selling author of three ScotShop mysteries and eleven Biscuit McKee mysteries, offers here the final volume of her "mini-memoirs," daily musings taken from the popular Facebook author page she posted on from 2012 through 2020. Her unique take on life continues this four-volume legacy: Clear as Mud (parts 1 & 2), Clearly Me, and now the concluding book, Crystal Clear. If you're the kind of person who would...
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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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This book, in Guinness Book of Records style, tells the remarkable true stories of some of Australia's youngest heroes.
At different times and in different ways, these brave, clever, adventurous, creative, athletic, caring or enterprising young Australians have done something amazing.
The stories are accompanied by quirky cartoon illustrations that will amuse children.
The book includes a range of incredible stories from the 18th Century...
10) The Bus Trip
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In the heart-wrenching memoir, The Bus Trip, a mother revisits the poignant journey of love, strength, and indomitable spirit as she navigates the most devastating loss of her life – the passing of her vibrant daughter, Susu. From the exuberant days of Susu's childhood, filled with laughter, teenager years filled happiness and togetherness, college years and blossoming into a young adult with a future so bright, the incredible bond of a mother...
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Shortlisted, Adelaide Festival Literary Awards.
The sourcebook for the film Hemingway in Spain, this hybrid work melds several Hemingway "voices", the author, the "Hemingway Hero", and the author projecting the Hemingway consciousness and aesthetic on a contemporary Spanish landscape.
"The poems stitch you into a tapestry...with loose threads left hanging just to trip you up if you become complacent." Bev Braune, Australian Book Review.
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Everyone needs a second chance, even if your name is George Foreman. "My second chance arrived unexpectedly in a Puerto Rican dressing room after a heavyweight boxing match. What happened to me in that room is so incredibly bizarre, it's unlikely you've ever before read anything like it. Simply stated, I died and went to the other side. The experience impacted me so profoundly that three decades later I can't go a single day without thinking about...
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At just 10 years old, Emanuel embarked on an extraordinary journey, armed with scissors and determination, as he began cutting his own hair. After three attempts, he gained the trust of his older brother, who offered his own hair for Emanuel's budding talent. This humble start soon blossomed into a neighborhood phenomenon, with Emanuel becoming the go-to hairstylist for family and friends.
Upon graduating high school, Emanuel's commitment to his...
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Readers are invited to step into the protagonist's shoes, contemplating how they might navigate the events and characters encountered amidst the life journey portrayed in this book. This exercise aims to deepen the understanding of the adages 'character is destiny' and the profound truth in the saying, 'there's no unattainable action, only unthought possibilities.' Thanks to the author's optimistic nature and rich experience from decades as a stage...
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Embark on a captivating journey across America in 'Those Several Summers,' where scenic landscapes and cultural experiences set the backdrop for a woman in her 40s torn between desire for change and fear of risk. This gripping narrative takes you from enchanting sites in Oregon and Canada to the familiar setting of southern New Jersey, exploring the complexities of family relationships, love, and choices.
At the heart of the story is a compelling...
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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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What do you do when the world starts crumbling around you? When work, society, and unrelenting apathy conspire to drive you into the ground? Do you close your eyes and let the dirt pile up? Or grab a shovel and start digging your way out?Kevin decided to buy a truck and a camper and head south with his new wife, ditching his corporate life behind. But fate had other plans, teaming up with mother nature to throw every roadblock in its arsenal along...
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Linda Mary Wagner's compelling new memoir, "Rear-View Reflections," invites you on a remarkable journey through 50 years of pivotal social movements that have left an indelible mark on our world. This collection of essays, nonfiction stories, and poems, crafted between 1972 and 2022, delivers a powerful call for unity, urging us to prioritize climate action for the sake of today's children and the generations to come.
Intriguing and diverse, this...
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In this concise yet profound memoir, I share a true and vivid snapshot of a transformative period in my life, spanning from 1993 to the present. This journey begins with a life-altering car crash, an event that reshaped my existence in unimaginable ways. The book candidly explores my arduous path to recovery, weaving together the pain and the unexpected humour that accompanied me along the way.
Delving into four key areas of my experiences, I offer...
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The compelling, insightful, and challenging memoir of a Christian woman's exploration of her faith while living in community with strictly Orthodox Jews. As Maria Johnson explains: "I knew that Christianity is rooted deep in Judaism, but living in daily contact with a vital and vibrant Jewish life has been fascinating and transforming. I am and will remain a Christian, but I am a rather different Christian than I was before."
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