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Report copyright infringementby Jen Winsor (Author)Lust, love, and pregnancy--hidden from the luxury and leisure of cruise ships, the lives of crew members play out below deck. Ship Moms is a collection of these beautiful, complicated, behind-the-scenes true stories of crew members and the babies they brought into the world. The lives of cruise ship crew members don't stop when they are below deck. Ship Moms is a collection of behind-the-scenes stories about the relationships that bloom betw...

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Report copyright infringementby Sia Stevens (Author)We are living through a crisis of dating and relationships. We have more freedom than any generation before us, and yet we feel emptier, lonelier, and more replaceable than ever. Why is that?When a young woman struggles to get over her breakup, she doesn't realize the journey ahead will take her far beyond regret and healing. From the sleepless glow of Seattle's towers to the stillness of the mountains, from Hollywood's glittering hills to t...

The Last Mile of Trust: How Great Companies Build Pricing Systems That Drive Unstoppable Growth

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Lee (Author) Your pricing problem isn't what you think it is. Pricing is the last decision most companies make. It should be the first. Pricing reactively hands over control of your growth to the market. Pricing deliberately, on the other hand, allows differentiation and builds trust that compounds over time. Edward Lee has spent his career advising companies of all sizes, from early-stage startups to some of the world's largest corporations. He found th...

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Report copyright infringementby Blanche Beatrice (Author), Vivian Ilene Gilmore (Editor)Am I My Mother's Keeper?, Blanche Beatrice offers a deeply personal and honest memoir that explores family, sacrifice, and the complicated bonds between mothers and daughters. This is a story many live but few speak about openly.Through reflection and lived experience, Blanche examines the emotional weight of family expectations, caregiving, and the quiet pressure placed on women to carry responsibility wi...

Decoding the Devil: Black Women Codebreakers and the Secret War Against Stalin's Bomb

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah Valentine (Author) Number of Pages: 368 Dimensions: 1.17 x 9.26 x 6.31 IN Publication Date: June 02, 2026

Stories of God's Blessings: The amazing life of Bud and Paulette Page

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Report copyright infringementby Bud Page (Author)I met my wife, Paulette, at singles Bible Study held in the basement of a missionary organization where she was employed as the secretary of a vice president of that organization. We were married in March of 1975. Shortly after we married, we moved from Indianapolis to Fort Wayne, Indiana. There, I attended Fort Wayne Bible College. I had been in sales the last sixteen years but never felt like it was what I wanted to do for the rest of my life...

Letters of a Loyalist Lady: Being the Letters of Anne Hulton, Sister of Henry Hulton, Commissioner of Customs at Boston, 1767-1776

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Report copyright infringementby Ann Hulton (Author)"Letters of a Loyalist Lady" provides an intimate and compelling primary-source account of life in colonial Boston during the turbulent years leading up to the American Revolution. Through the personal correspondence of Anne Hulton, sister of the Commissioner of Customs Henry Hulton, readers gain a rare and insightful Loyalist perspective on the political and social upheaval occurring between 1767 and 1776.These letters offer a vivid depictio...

My Powell River: Growing Up In A Mill Town

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Report copyright infringementby Ron Olsen (Author)Living in Powell River, British Columbia back in the 1950's and 1960's was a boyhood dream. Powell River was and is like a jewel in the crown. It had everything, mountains, lakes, forests, the ocean, and so much more, and it gave me a childhood that allowed me to explore everything about myself with parent guidance, but without parent interference. My childhood allowed me to find myself with friends my own age and to discover what the rules of...

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Report copyright infringementby Ben de Boon (Author), Frank de Boon (Editor), Carl Hahn (Editor)How an ordinary family survived extraordinary circumstances, while also helping others through a perilous period of modern Dutch history. With arrest and starvation, frequent hazards under the Nazi regime, lives could unexpectedly be changed or lost. Wars are not only fought on the battlefield. Everyone trapped within its boundaries, could become involved or a casualty. There are no bystanders in w...

David Friedman, The Stories of My Life: A Lifetime of Anecdotes, Gossip, Jokes, and Wisdom from a Jewish, Gay, Broadway, Movie, and TV Composer, Condu

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Report copyright infringementby David Friedman (Author)What do We Can Be Kind, Beauty and the Beast, a Jewish grandmother, and a gay metaphysician have in common? David Friedman.For decades, David Friedman has made people laugh, cry, and believe in kindness-through his songs of hope, healing and humor; from Broadway stages and beloved Disney films; in recording studios with artists like Diana Ross, Barry Manilow, and Nancy LaMott; and through the metaphysical teachings he shares with audience...

New Heart: One Man's Journey of being a Heart Transplant Recipient

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Report copyright infringementby Dion Perry (Author)Dion Perry's doctor initially suspected he had asthma upon hearing he did not feel well. So, he was sent to the local hospital for a chest X-ray and a lung function test. The results were definitive: He did not have asthma. The mystery was solved when his doctor placed her fingers on his wrist to feel his pulse. She told him his heart was beating out of step before returning with a senior doctor, who gave him a referral to a cardiologist. A f...

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Report copyright infringementby Amy Olmedo (Author)Most people thought Amy had always had the perfect life, and she worked hard to make it look and feel that way. Eventually, the person she saw in the mirror no longer resembled the person she knew and loved. She longed for that woman to return.As her seemingly everyday, unhappy married life was tragically coming to an end, she suffered a car accident that left her with Traumatic Brain Injury. She kept her deficiencies a secret attempting to p...

Spun: A Waitress. A Con Man. The Story Police Wouldn't Touch

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Report copyright infringementby Glenda Toews (Author)�� From the award-winning author of Spinning on a Barstool(Gold - Memoir, Silver - Overall Nonfiction, 2023 Reader Views Literary Awards)Spun Off a Barstool Series-Book 2SPUN-A standalone sequel.He conned 32 police officers. When he was released from prison, he came for a waitress. He picked the wrong one.The problem with being conned is that it feels perfectly reasonable-while it's happening.Glenda wanted more than an ordinary life. Step...

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Report copyright infringementby Vincent Coppola (Author)Brooklyn is a mythic place and the Gowanus Canal, pestilent and fertile, is its Nile. "Yous stay outta that f*cking water," Uncle Honey used to warn us.We never listened. Mid-century Gowanus: Decades before the Whole Foods went up and the lofts were refurbished, a raucous, unruly, proudly Italian American enclave clings to the banks of the noxious canal. The Mafia and the Catholic Church--two centuries-old, rigidly hierarchical instituti...

Spada the Bandit. Edited with Annotations and an Afterword by Rob Couteau

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Report copyright infringementby Andre Spada (Author), Rob Couteau (Author)"To have lived to the full, to have loved, to have fought, to have killed: that is a man's life. And even though the price be death, it would be cheap at that." As chronicled in this extraordinary memoir, André Spada (1897 - 1935), the infamous Corsican bandit known as the "King of the Maquis," embodied a complex amalgam not only of Good and Evil but also of contrary emotions and perceptions. These include compassion an...

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Report copyright infringementby Anna Lawson (Author)I CAN SEE THE HAND by Anna Lawson is a heartfelt Christian memoir that reflects on faith, perseverance, family, healing, and spiritual transformation through the experiences of a life shaped by God's guidance. With honesty and grace, Anna Lawson shares personal stories of hardship, growth, gratitude, and redemption, offering readers a meaningful testimony of resilience and enduring faith. Structured through reflective chapters covering child...

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Report copyright infringementby L. Gordon (Louis Gordon) Rylands (Created by)Explore the life and reign of one of history's most legendary figures in L. Gordon Rylands's "Croesus, King of Lydia." This historical account delves into the opulent kingdom of Lydia and the reign of its famously wealthy king, Croesus. From his interactions with wise men like Solon to his fateful encounters with the rising Persian Empire, the book chronicles the events that shaped Croesus's life and legacy. Rylands ...

Victims of Ineptitude: An Insider's Account of Injustice within the World Health Organization

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Report copyright infringementby Firdu Zawide (Author), Hilary Bassett (Author)For years, critics have demanded reform of the World Health Organization. Its management structure in particular is said to be archaic, its staff deeply demoralised. But, since WHO like other UN bodies, is accountable to no-one but itself, it dodders along unchanged. It is left to the ground staff of International Civil Servants to grapple with the real difficulties the ivory-tower academics pinpoint in long winded ...

Thou Savage Woman: Female Killers in Early Modern Britain

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Report copyright infringementby Blessin Adams (Author) A Daily Telegraph and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 'Popular history at its best' Spectator 'Boisterous... replete with stabbings, bashing and thumping' Daily Mail 'A cocktail of brutal, tragic, and fascinating true crime from the era of the Tudors and Stuarts. This dark history at its best, narrated with empathy and precision' Gareth Russell LADY KILLERS AND FEMME FATALES - STORIES OF MURDER MOST FOUL - HAVE GRIPPED PUBLIC IM...

Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean: The Adventurous Life of Captain Woodes Rogers

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Report copyright infringementby David Cordingly (Author)From renowned pirate historian David Cordingly, author of Under the Black Flag and film consultant for the original Pirates of the Caribbean, comes the thrilling story of Captain Woodes Rogers, the avenging nemesis of the worst cutthroats ever to terrorize the high seas. Once a marauding privateer himself, Woodes Rogers went from laying siege to laying down the law. During Britain's war with Spain, Rogers sailed for the crown in sorties...

Ranger Raid: The Legendary Robert Rogers and His Most Famous Frontier Battle

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Report copyright infringementby Phillip Thomas Tucker (Author)A figure of legendary, almost mythic proportions, Robert Rogers is widely considered the father of U.S. Army Rangers. He gained his fame during the French and Indian War, fighting in the American and Canadian wilderness for the British colonies and the English Empire against the French and Indians, but a decade later, during the Revolution, he was almost a man without a country. During the American Revolution, George Washington did...

The Blue Jean Jacket Reflection Journal: How Abandonment Affects Your Health, Wealth, and Relationships

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Report copyright infringementby Rena Perozich (Author)You've read the truth-now let it transform you.This journal is your companion on the path from abandonment to acceptance. If you've ever wrestled with the fear of being "too much" or "not enough," if perfectionism, people-pleasing, or unexplained anxiety and depression have shaped your life, this space is for you.Inside, you'll find guided prompts, thoughtful questions, and ample room to process the unseen wounds of childhood emotional neg...

Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers: Annotated Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Chris Torrence (Author), John Hubback (Author), Edith Hubback (Author)First published in 1906, Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers chronicles the lives of two of Jane Austen's brothers-Francis, born 1774, rose to become Admiral of the Fleet, the highest rank in the British navy, while Charles, born 1779, advanced to Rear Admiral and became Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies & China Station.Written by two of Francis Austen's descendants, the authors show how Ja...

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Report copyright infringementby Opal Lee (Author)A Committee of One: How Faith + Action = A PurposeFULL Life is an inspirational memoir/self-help book from the Grandmother of Juneteenth that will be a testament to the transformative power of resilience, faith, and love.In 2016, then-90-year-old Opal Lee began her Opal Walks 2 DC campaign where she endeavored to walk 1,400 miles from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, DC to bring awareness to the cause of making Juneteenth a federally recognize...

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Report copyright infringementby Marcos R. Costa (Author)I hope this book helps Cancer survivors, their parents, and friends to understand what the person who has Cancer need to build a better life. HOPE...............FAITH............LOVE Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.13 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: December 14, 2023

Isabella's Journey: Her Battle with the Blood Disorder, Thalassemia Major

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Report copyright infringementby Serafina Sammarco (Author)Isabella's Journey by Serafina Sammarco is a deeply personal memoir that chronicles the life of a family coping with the challenges of thalassemia, a genetic blood disorder that profoundly impacts the health of the author's daughter, Isabella. Through the course of the book, Sammarco narrates her family's experiences with the condition, the medical treatments, and the emotional and physical toll that comes with caring for a child with ...

That World Cup Guy: Forty Years, Nine World Cups and One Fan's Incredible Journey

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Report copyright infringementby Andy Milne (Author)That World Cup Guy is a joyful, unpredictable journey through more than 40 years of football fandom, following 'viral' star Andy Milne as he travels across the globe to attend nine World Cups - eight men's and one women's. From sharing beers with drug smugglers in Zimbabwe to falling off an ostrich in South Africa, Andy's stories go far beyond the pitch. He captures the soul of the tournament - the fans, the culture, the food - and the unforg...

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Report copyright infringementby Alice Leavitt (Author)In Deliverance of a Wounded Heart, I recount my journey of healing from the profound impacts of molestation and emotional abuse. These experiences can inflict lasting damage on a potentially-happy psyche, but I discovered a path to recovery through faith. My narrative is not rooted in professional qualifications; rather, it reflects the transformative influence of God and His Word. I aim to inspire those who feel ensnared in cycles of pain...

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Report copyright infringementby Madame C (Author), Madame K (Author)In the traditional world of Argentine tango, women follow.Katerina walked into Colette's studio asking to lead. She was 31. Colette was 70. What began as a tango lesson became a love affair that crossed continents and conventions.Told in two voices and woven with the couple's real emails, Tango Libertad follows two women from a San Diego dance studio to Buenos Aires, Paris, and Berlin."I've never met a more enchanting and del...

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Report copyright infringementby Gina Chick (Author)Gina Chick, the inaugural winner of Alone Australia, tells the story of her extraordinary, indomitable life in one of the most powerful, moving memoirs you will ever read. WINNER OF THE MATT RICHELL AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 INDIE BOOK AWARDS, BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR From day one of her wildly unconventional childhood, Gina blazed her own trail, which led her to dance through a hidden world of '90s nightlif...

The Patient Wait of the Stones: Time and Memory in Lunigiana

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Report copyright infringementby Antonio Romani (Author), Martha Cooley (Translator)A poetic, personal, and historical narrative of a late in life move to a tiny Italian village and a reflection on time and memory in the shadow of a medieval castle borgo.The Patient Wait of the Stones is a memorable meditation on the phenomena of place and the compelling force of history. First published in Italian, this hybrid narrative combines memoir with national and regional history. This literary work is...

The Messi Effect: How the Global Legend Changed the Future of American Soccer

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Tenorio (Author)In The Messi Effect, Paul Tenorio, national soccer writer for The Athletic, draws on coveted insider access to bring readers behind the ropes and into the inner sanctum and chronicle the last act of Lionel Messi. In The Messi Effect, Paul Tenorio, national soccer writer for The Athletic, who has spent more than a decade breaking news and providing critical insight into the power and politics of the sport, draws on his numerous high-rankin...