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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...
2) 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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During World War Two, a young girl was seen around the Stoke Bishop area of Bristol riding her bike or a pony; climbing trees; building dens, playing with the 'gang' in Blaise Castle Woods, and a lot more besides! This seemingly carefree life had its darker side as the storm clouds of war thickened and broke overhead.
Riding Through the Storm recalls the author's life before, during and after the war. It is tinged with humour and remarkable occurrences...
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Who would have thought that growing up could be such fun? Especially in a village where you knew everyone, and we all looked out for each other. It appears with today's hardships and crime that the fifties were the best years to be alive. It was safe to walk about the streets, even as a five-year-old at school. The pace of life was a lot slower and more genteel. Not so many cars were on the roads, and jobs were easy to change if you didn't like the...
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If you are looking to learn more about perspective then this is the book for you. It shows the point of view of life through a young girl. A lot of people do not like to hear the truth so she decides to tell it anyway. You may begin to question yourself the further you get into the story. Some things may even sound familiar or seem relatable. Being both sympathetic and an empath is a gift and a curse and you will learn more about that. The truth did...
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The neighbors called the brothers, José, Miguel and Leopoldo, Los Güeros (the fair ones). From an early age, Los Güeros began to perform at local events. Years later they accompanied famous singers of the times, and this brought them to the United States, along with their families. During their years of touring, Los Güeros experienced many adventures as well as misadventures. My father even became a bracero in Idaho during World War II.
This...
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A childhood experience, from the 1940s post-war infant years to the raging 1950s. My mother told me that I had actually come into the world with a bang. It happened during one very early morning in 1943 when German bombers were flying overhead, and the spent rounds of anti-aircraft bullets were clattering on the tiled roof above her. Dad also said that he could hear bombs dropping somewhere between Edinburgh and Glasgow. So, it seems that I had come...
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Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Never be afraid to speak your truth in a gentle way you can shake the world.
My scars tell a story of when life tried to knock me down but failed. Every stone thrown at me as turned me into the woman I am today; strong determined with a knowledge of wisdom and a fighting spirit you will never put out. Never a victim always a survivor.
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Step into the remarkable journey of resilience and hope with Life After a Craniotomy Operation. Our brain, often compared to a computer perched atop our heads, serves as the epicentre of our existence, enabling us to navigate the complexities of modern life and its myriad highs and lows. However, when illness strikes, rendering simple tasks impossible, fear takes hold, and the words of a wise consultant resonate deeply: fright, flight, fight-an embodiment...
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Scruffy, deaf, and homeless, life on the streets is tough for young Albi. What could the future possibly hold for an abandoned Spanish Podenco puppy that has been hit by a car and can't hear? Yet despite a traumatic start, Albi's life changes when he is rescued, brought to the UK, and fostered by Lois Sinclair, founder of the rescue charity, Gracehounds, and a passionate dog lover who has shared her life and home with numerous canine companions. Before...
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Hook and Ladder Dreams is a story of the lengths a person will go to in order to realise their love, the tragedy of love, and one man's dream and sacrifice for the woman he loves. The hero, Colin Saywood, tells his story of the love he feels for Jane, a woman betrayed and abused within her marriage and by her own family. Finally, when Colin gives her hope for a new happiness, tragedy strikes once more to test his strength and resolve.
12) Just Who We Are
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This is the story of a woman's journey through the grace and grit of New York City, into an industry where few women succeeded. When her son was unexpectedly born with a rare genetic syndrome, she forged an unbreakable bond with him, but difficult decisions had to be made. She confronts the truth about her family, and her past- exploring loss, grief, and the power of love as she rises to the ultimate test of self-discovery. Stecher has a gift for...
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A friend once asked the author how many countries I had visited and what was on my bucket list, and his reply was that it wasn't filled with things or places, but with people like "The Walnut Man" or "The Albeeno Aborigine" and the Ladyboy in "Bangkok Confidential" that he had met along the way and the stories that they shared about themselves. If anything, a little bit of luck, patience, and an ear for listening have made all the difference in seeing...
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Taken away from her family and then abandoned, Dorothy was determined to get her family back and to put down new roots, no matter how many times it meant starting over.
Set in the first half of the Twentieth Century, "Woods Without Roots" follows the true story of the first forty years of Dorothy Woods' difficult life journey from 1907 to 1947, and her determination to find a place she could call home.
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Un des cas les plus monstrueux d'emprisonnement injuste, de torture et de dégradation de notre temps est celui d'André Fontaine. Fontaine, un artiste de renommée internationale en art cosmonitique, un scientiste (il a obtenu un Ph.D. en cosmologie), un cinéaste et un philosophe éclairé, et correspondant de presse à l'étranger, a été retiré du monde des vivants dans le plus grand secret. On l'a enfermé derrière les barreaux d'une prison...
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This Book is the First Volume in a series of books consisting of the shared insights of Dr. Raymond L. Newkirk, including his ruminations and shared wisdom about human life, generally, and professional life specifically. You might say that this series is about the "wonderment" of being human in the 22nd Century. It is a humorous and yet very series book about the complexity, state, and challenges that impact human development. The format...
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"[Ginsberg's] poignant, gently written stories of waitressing are metaphors for life." -Dallas Morning News
A veteran waitress dishes up a spicy and robust account of life as it really exists behind kitchen doors.
Part memoir, part social commentary, part guide to how to behave when dining out, Debra Ginsberg's book takes readers on her twenty-year journey as a waitress at a soap-operatic Italian restaurant, an exclusive five-star dining club,...
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He was the rising star of psychoanalysis, an intimate associate of Anna Freud and Kurt Eissler, a member of the Freudian "inner circle" with unrestricted access to the Freud Archives. And then Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson threw it all away because he dared to break the psychoanalytic community's deepest taboo: he told the truth in public. As he unmasks the pretensions and abuses of this elite profession, Masson invites us to eavesdrop on the shockingly...
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Mary and Mr. Eliot is a twin portrait of T. S. Eliot and its author, the formidable Mary Trevelyan.
In 1938 T. S. Eliot, already "a Classic in his lifetime," struck up a friendship with Mary Trevelyan. This passionately curious woman, an intrepid traveler who, like Eliot, was deeply involved in the affairs of the Church of England, served as the warden of the Student Movement House, mere yards from the poet and editor's office at Faber and Faber.
Their...
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A gifted surgeon illuminates one of the most profound, awe-inspiring, and deeply affecting achievements of modern-day medicine, the movement of organs between bodies, in this exceptional work of death and life that takes its place besides Atul Gawande's Complications, Siddhartha Mukherjee's The Emperor of All Maladies, and Jerome Groopman's How Doctors Think. At the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Joshua Mezrich creates life from loss, transplanting...
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