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When Alice Ozma was in 4th grade, she and her father decided to see if he could read aloud to her for 100 consecutive nights. On the hundreth night, they shared pancakes to celebrate, but it soon became evident that neither wanted to let go of their storytelling ritual. So they decided to continue what they called "The Streak." Alice's father read aloud to her every night without fail until the day she left for college.
Alice approaches her book...
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In Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things--her follow-up memoir to the NYT bestselling The Mighty Queens of Freeville--America's most popular advice columnist, "Ask Amy," shares her journey of family, second chances, and finding love.
By peeling back the curtain of her syndicated advice column, Amy Dickinson reveals much of the inspiration and motivation that has fueled her calling. Through a series of linked essays, this moving narrative picks up where...
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On his deathbed, Dr. Joanne Intrator's father poses two unsettling questions:
"Are you tough enough? Do they know who you are?"
Joanne soon realizes that these haunting questions relate to a center-city Berlin building at 16 Wallstrasse that the Nazis ripped away from her family in 1938. But a decade is to pass before she will fully come to grasp why her father threw down the gauntlet as he did.
Repeatedly, Joanne's restitution quest brings...
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Free Refills is the harrowing tale of a Harvard-trained medical doctor run horribly amok through his addiction to prescription medication, and his recovery.
Dr. Peter Grinspoon seemed to be a total success: a Harvard-educated M.D. with a thriving practice; married with two great kids and a gorgeous wife; a pillar of his community. But lurking beneath the thin veneer of having it all was an addict fueled on a daily boatload of prescription meds. When...
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Rarely does the debut of a new writer garner such attention & acclaim. The excitement began the moment "The Fourth State of Matter," one of the fourteen extraordinary personal narratives in this book, appeared in the pages of the New Yorker. It increased when the author received a prestigious Whiting Foundation Award in November 1997, & it continued as the hardcover edition of The Boys of My Youth sold out its first printing even before publication....
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In 2009 Cristina Nehring's brilliant first book, A Vindication of Love, was featured on the cover of the New York Times Book Review. An important new voice had appeared in American letters. Just as suddenly, Nehring seemed to disappear-only to reemerge like a bolt from the blue. "Now unexpectedly, writes California poet laureate Dana Gioia, "from Paris comes a heartbreaking and tender memoir, The Child Who Never Spoke, that explains her years of silence....
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A retired Texas lawman shares stories of serial killers, labor strikes, and more, in this sequel to the runaway bestselling memoir One Ranger.
“No Texas Ranger” memoir has captured the public's imagination like Joaquin Jackson's “One Ranger”. Readers thrilled to Jackson's stories of catching criminals and keeping the peace across a wide swath of the Texas-Mexico border and clamored for more. Now in “One Ranger Returns”, Jackson reopens...
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Get the Summary of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Be Useful in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: The world's greatest bodybuilder. The world's highest-paid movie star. The leader of the world's sixth-largest economy. That these are the same person sounds like the setup to a joke, but this is no joke. This is Arnold Schwarzenegger. And this did not happen by accident.
Arnold's stratospheric success...
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Her friendships with two Annies made the adventures of a lifetime possible! From working at a circus to riding the milk cans at the creamery to jumping on-board a local train. Exploring new things yet holding onto the old traditions like hanging May baskets on doorknobs. Daring to walk the alleys after dark yet remembering the safety of home. Sharing these stages of childhood with close friends and classmates made for the best of memories. Knowing...
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What does it take to get from the tough streets of London to the glitz and glamour of the Playboy Mansion?
Author Zoë Gregory takes readers on a journey through the rave scene of her rebellious youth to the stark reality of young motherhood and the economic pressures that drove her to reimagine her future. With hard work, strategic thinking, and a touch of manifestation, Zoë set her sights on Hollywood and never looked back.
Now, Zoë reflects...
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" Es war kein Gefühl, es war eher eine Wucht, die mich aus dem Leben schleuderte. An diesem Samstagabend im April 2016. Als ich von der Arbeit nach Hause kam und Grit fand. Ihr Herz hatte aufgehört zu schlagen."Es war der dramatischste Tag im Leben von Peter Schneider. Die Trauer ließ ihn die Erinnerungen bündeln, seine schlimmsten Stunden, Tage, Wochen, Jahre.Viele Momente über den Tod, den Abschied, aber auch über die Liebe. Und über die...
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In her hilarious and heartfelt memoir, Kathryn Bertine tells the strange-but-true story of what life is really like behind the glitz and glamour of professional figure skating. Bertine's childhood dream came true when she earned a place in a touring ice show. But as she traveled through the back roads of Chile and Argentina in a rickety bus with the international cast of Hollywood on Ice, she wondered if this was exactly the dream she had in mind....
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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...
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Tom is a firefighter. He loves going to work. For him, encountering the intense, prickly heat of a building fire is to experience the euphoria of fear. He loves the adrenaline rush when the bells drop and the anticipation of what may lie ahead. But there is more, so much more! The best part of his job is the mischief he finds himself involved in, the antics and the camaraderie.
It's the early 80s and life was very different; Tom and his 'brothers'...
15) Little Girl Lost
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The fourth in a series of true short stories from foster care Mia Marconi. Kira first came to foster care Mia Marconi's home on respite care when she was three. She had suffered an unimaginable amount of abuse in her short life. Although she couldn't tie her shoe laces, she could smash a room to pieces; she fought against everything like a wild cat. At the age of five Kira moved permanently to live with Mia and her family, but by the time she was...
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The essence of my book
I lost my mind
And got it back with time
My mind is a complex thing
Only I know what it is like within
Concealed in my skull
It's anything but dull
I tried to keep it sane
But it has its own brain
I lost control and got it back
But it's that trust I lack
Not knowing what comes next
I converted my thoughts to text
To try and understand
Before I'm buried in the sand
I kind of know how you tick
But to society I...
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1393 Pacific Street: Can You Take It? is a book designed to encourage and help all ministers in the Christian faith with examples of triumphs, disappointments, victories, and struggles in ministry. My experience has been that there are not too many who have had a mentor or guide to lead them in the different aspects of what it takes to minister to the sheepfold of God. There aren't too many who've been encouraged by an elder in the ministry to "press...
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Bound by a shared love for the outdoors and fishing, this book is a testament to enduring friendships and the countless laughs that come with them. Dive into a world where the weight of everyday anxieties lifts and is replaced by light-hearted tales and memories.
While the backdrop might often be fishing, this narrative isn't about the catch. It's about how shared passions shape bonds and how humour becomes life's most treasured anchor. It's a reminder...
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Surviving Smoking Mirrors: My Reflection is a candid chronicle of Alliey's tumultuous relationship with Josh, tracing its journey from the beginning to its bitter end, and the myriad challenges she faced along the way. Following the collapse of their marriage, Alliey finds herself entangled in a complex property settlement while enduring ongoing gaslighting and abuse from Josh. Concurrently, Josh plunges into a hedonistic lifestyle.
Amidst these...
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El evento más importante de la vida: el nacimiento de un hijo. Nacieron en casa relata, desde la mirada sensible de un padre, el proceso del embarazo y del parto natural en casa durante los meses más crudos de la cuarentena y la parte final de la pandemia de covid-19.
La obra desarrolla los procesos particulares que vivió al acompañar a su pareja en la decisión de evitar los hospitales para la llegada de sus próximos hijos. Además, reflexiona...
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