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Raising Cubby: A Father and Son's Adventures with Asperger's, Trains, Tractors, and High Explosives

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Report copyright infringementby John Elder Robison (Author)The slyly funny, sweetly moving memoir of an unconventional dad's relationship with his equally offbeat son--complete with fast cars, tall tales, homemade explosives, and a whole lot of fun and trouble John Robison was not your typical dad. Diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at the age of forty, he approached fatherhood as a series of logic puzzles and practical jokes. Instead of a speech about the birds and the bees, he told his son...

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Report copyright infringementby Juanita Frasier (Author)Juanita Frasier had a stern upbringing that some would describe as unusually cruel, abusive, and inhumane treatment. Embark on this journey with her as she revisits pivotal moments in her life. She is a testament that it is possible to reinvent yourself, to be different, and to make a difference regardless of how your journey begins. Number of Pages: 108 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date:...

Growing Up Fisher: Musings, Memories, and Misadventures

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Report copyright infringementby Joely Fisher (Author)Actress, director, entertainer Joely Fisher's touching, down-to-earth memoir filled with incredible, candid stories about her life, her famous parents, and how the loss of her unlikely hero, sister Carrie Fisher, ignited the writer in her.Growing up in an iconic Hollywood Dynasty, Joely Fisher knew a show business career was her destiny. The product of world-famous crooner Eddie Fisher and '60s sex kitten Connie Stevens, she struggled with ...

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Report copyright infringementby Sara Harkness Bovitz (Author)Sometimes life has other plans... Sara Bovitz knew how lucky she was - a fulfilling career as a physician, two beautiful children at home, a husband she adored who was the family's center of gravity - she was complete. Until the wheels came off. When her husband JJ dies after a long battle with brain cancer, it is 3:30 in the morning and a record-breaking blizzard rages outside. By sunrise the city is paralyzed, entombed in 15 inche...

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Report copyright infringementby Barry Friedman (Author)He endured every parent's worst nightmare.When writer-comedian Barry Friedman's son died from a drug overdose one Friday morning, Barry was devastated--but not surprised. Paul's death had been in dress rehearsal for years. The world alternately froze and galloped after Paul was found face-down in his room. Barry had to find a way to continue, to reject magical thinking and forge a meaningful path for the future. During the following four ...

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Report copyright infringementby S. Jackson (Author), A. Raymond (Author)After surviving the cruel rage of tyranny from her mother and ex-husband, Sarah Jackson traveled a new path; a journey of loss, heartbreak, and ultimately strength. How do we survive the unthinkable, our child suffering from a terminal illness? They say there is no greater loss than that of a child; I say losing a child is the king of loss. Sometimes the thing that helps us survive it, is knowing we are not alone. Bestsel...

BROKEN Breaking the Silence: Revised 2018

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Report copyright infringementby Azelene Williams (Author)"I was beautiful the day we met, but look at me now all torn apart"It's close to midnight on a Saturday evening in early January 1993, but instead of revelling in the party atmosphere of the New Year like most 20-year olds, I am lying completely motionless on the cold, hard floor of my living room.I can faintly hear the late-night traffic outside the open window of my second-floor apartment facing Pretorius Street in Pretoria, South Afr...

The Girl in the Dark: The True Story of Runaway Child with a Secret. A Devastating Discovery that Changes Everything.

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Report copyright infringementby Angela Hart (Author)A dark secret. A troubled little girl. And the support she needs to turn her life around. A moving true story from foster carer and Sunday Times bestseller Angela Hart.Author BiographyAngela Hart is a specialist foster carer for children with complex needs. Angela has been a foster carer for over 25 years, during which time she and her husband, Jonathan, have looked after more than 50 children. Her books include Terrified and The Girl Who Ju...

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Report copyright infringementby Joe Torrence (Author)The Poison Of Money book addresses a struggle that virtually anyone can identify with: Our obsession with and awe of the rich and powerful vs. spiritual teachings that warn against the Seven Deadly Sins including Greed and the Pleasures of the Flesh. This book exposes the far-reaching repercussions of money and its deadly venom.Money. Society's barometer for success. Your ticket to a life of luxury, power and the pleasures of the flesh. How...

Harry & Meghan: Vol. 2: A New American Royal Family Takes Their Place in History

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Report copyright infringementby Courtney Hargrove (Author)Finally, Volume 2, the second installment of the "Harry & Meghan" short biography series from #1 bestselling author Courtney Hargrove, is here! Be one of the first to read this #1 New Release and follow-up to Volume 1, which was a #1 bestseller. Vol. 2 examines the next phase of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's historic move from the United Kingdom to Meghan's home state of California. This mini-biography was the first to be releas...

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Report copyright infringementby Gaetano Catelli (Author), Marlena Berlin (Author)My previous book, SS Daughter: A Love Story, recounts the 1st half of my life: My father fought in Hitler's Waffen-SS during World II. After the war, he became a successful business owner, and married a beautiful woman 16 years his junior. I was their only child. Mother left us when I was 5, to escape father's volcanic temper. I then became father's "SS Princess" in public, where he treated me to the best of ever...

Joyous Journey of Loss: Finding Joy in the Midst of Difficult Circumstances

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Report copyright infringementby Tamatha Adelle Davis (Author), April Foster (Other), Melisa Miles (Other)You are not alone. Let that resonate. No, let it really sink in. We, as women need to realize that we are not alone. We all have and continue to face losses every day. Women like you and me have had to endure difficult situations and smile through it. Why? Because we are women Joyous Journey of Loss is an anthology of women sharing how they endured some of the greatest losses of their liv...

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Report copyright infringementby Lois Perch Villemaire (Author)MY EIGHT GREATS is a hybrid collection of poetry and prose about family. It could be about anyone's family. It might make you wonder who in your family will preserve and pass along important facts, moments, and special stories to the next generations. Lois Perch Villemaire's eight great grandparents immigrated to the United States from Eastern Europe for safer and better opportunities. They traveled by rail and ship, all settling i...

Running in Heels: A Memoir of Grit and Grace (New Book Club Edition)

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Report copyright infringementby Mary a. Pérez (Author)Readers who praised this story of coming of age -- and coming into grace -- will love this new book club edition More than a memoir, this book is a promise of hope for anyone who was abandoned as a child, to anyone who woke up hungry and went to bed hungrier every day, for every wife who has loved a husband who left bruises on her heart and on her body.Somewhere between stealing cold cuts from stray cats and watching a stranger leave her ...

Terrible Omens: Happiness is the Other Way

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Report copyright infringementby Alane Gray (Author)Terrible Omens is a darkly witty, fast-paced ride through a fifteen-year relationship that starts with a twenty-something romance and ends in divorce. It is the story of a marriage that is eventually unmasked to reveal its true self--a strangely hilarious horror story.This betrothal ends in betrayal with a seemingly endless stream of undeniable warning signs along the way--a crazy mother-in-law, unauthorized photocopies of a private journal, ...

Franklin and Lucy: Mrs. Rutherfurd and the Other Remarkable Women in Roosevelt's Life

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph E. Persico (Author)"Just when you thought you knew everything about Franklin D. Roosevelt, think again. Joseph E. Persico is] one of America's finest historians. . . . You can't properly understand FDR the man without reading this landmark study."--Douglas Brinkley, professor of history at Rice University "Persico's exploration of FDR's emotional life is fascinating."--USA Today In Franklin and Lucy, acclaimed author and historian Joseph E. Persico exp...

Casada Conmigo: Como Triunfe Despues del Divorcio = Married to Me

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Report copyright infringementby Dayanara Torres (Author), Jeannette Torres-Alvarez (Author), Rosario Camacho-Koppel (Translator)Desde de su doloroso divorcio del famos simo cantante Marc Anthony-quien poco tiempo despu s de su separaci n contrajo nupcias con Jennifer L pez-Dayanara Torres ha sabido mantener la calma al enfrentar la tormenta. En lugar de dejarse llevar por un torbellino de chismes y publicidad negativa, Dayanara ha sabido permanecer fuerte como una roca por el bien de sus hijo...

The Ride of Our Lives: Roadside Lessons of an American Family

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Report copyright infringementby Mike Leonard (Author)The Ride of Our Lives is the humorous yet deeply moving account of NBC journalist Mike Leonard's cross-country odyssey with his eccentric parents, three grown children, and a daughter-in-law. Full of ups and downs, laughs and tears, the month-long journey becomes a much larger tale of hope, persistence, and valuable lessons learned along the way. A celebration of the ties between parents and children, as well as the unforgettable community ...

Granddad's Mondays: 85 Stories for My Grandchildren about the Reiss Family and Farm which dates from 1838 in St. Clair County, Illinois. S

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen W. Reiss (Author)Synopsis: On Palm Sunday 2012, I realized I was already 65 years older than our first twogrands in diapers. We might not have many years for heavy adult conversations on family history, fun times, travel, etc. So, I resolved to email two stories every Monday to our sons and their wives as "Granddad's Mondays." Every December, I would take about 120 stories to a local printer to bind them into Christmas books for each grand, their paren...

Letters from Home: The Story of an American Family During World War Ii - in Their Own Words

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Report copyright infringementby James K. Thome (Author)Letters From Home consists of a collection of original letters. The people who wrote the letters were Americans, most of them members of an extended family. They were written during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. The letters in this book contain the thoughts, concerns, hopes, dreams, worries, and anxieties of Americans during World War II, in their own words. There are many individual stories within the letters. Those stories describe n...

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Report copyright infringementby Tiffany M. Thompson (Author) Number of Pages: 340 Dimensions: 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 03, 2005

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Report copyright infringementby Maureen McNeil (Author), Mercedes Cabbagestalk (Author)In 1981, Maureen and her boyfriend Paul bought a house for six thousand dollars in the once thriving dockyard of Red Hook, Brooklyn. The golden light off New York Harbor, the community of old-timers and new-comers, and free parking made up for some of the grit and municipal neglect of the neighborhood. When a new family moves into the apartment next door, Maureen is charmed by eight year old Mercy who jumps...

A Higher Love: A Journey Through Addiction, Cannabis-Induced Psychosis, Suicide and Redemption

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Report copyright infringementby Heather Bacchus (Author), Asya Blue (Designed by), Bob Land (Editor) Number of Pages: 244 Dimensions: 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: January 06, 2025

Unconditional Love Will have You Serving Five Years Day for Day in a Maximum-Security Prison

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Report copyright infringementby Quintin Ford (Author)This book is about a young man named Q who meets this older woman named Tonya with whom he seeks to build a relationship. She is twenty years older than him. They go through many ups and downs within the first year of knowing each other such as police raiding their house, them getting locked up together, and fights Tonya ended up losing a son to gun violence and through it all this young man stayed by this woman's side showing her unconditi...

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Report copyright infringementby Margaret Best (Author)Unsung Hero contains the memoir of Albert Greene who survived as a POW during WWII. He served in Korea and in Vietnam. The book is a biography, cultural history, and love story of family, country, and self. It serves as a tribute to all those who support our country in whatever capacity throughout our history and today. These true memories of a soldier from Brooklyn, New York, and those of his family bring courage, patriotism, selflessness...

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Report copyright infringementby Victoria Twead (Author)★ New York Times Bestselling author ★ When dark, sinister clouds loom, Victoria and Joe find themselves facing life-changing decisions. Happily, silver linings also abound in this, the fifth Old Fools chronicle. A fresh new face joins the cast of familiar characters but the return of a bad penny may be more than some can handle. What does the future hold for the Spanish village of El Hoyo and the two old fools?"Full of warmth, laughter, a...

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Report copyright infringementby Miriam Racquel (Meryl) Feldman (Author)A mysterious letter shows up from an old college boyfriend throwing Meryl's life into turmoil. When a local rabbi warns her that her ex, David, has been brainwashed into a cult, Meryl is pulled into the mystical world of religious Judaism in a way that her stubbornly atheist self would never have expected. Once a free-spirited Grinnell College grad living a hippie life in Berkeley, California, she now finds herself in Isra...

Not Beautiful; When Being Beautiful Is a Curse

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Report copyright infringementby Natalie M. Stewart (Author)Author Natalie Stewart gives us a glimpse into her world "through the eyes of a child learning to love, trust, and find self-significance within herself" in an ever-changing world of distrust, mistrust, and chaotic relationships within the family. Her life takes her on a rollercoaster journey of false love and spirituality. YET, SHE SURVIVES and takes LIFE by Storm Number of Pages: 76 Dimensions: 0.16 x 8.5 x...

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Report copyright infringementby Kathy Ruth (Hall) Haack (Author), Randall W. Haack (Author), Tracy Leigh Hall (Author)The "Three Voices" refer to the poetry of three related family members: a father, a mother, and a daughter. All have unique writing styles, choices of subject matter and different life experiences. Our backgrounds and skills sets are different. Randy's engineering background stresses mathematics. Kathy's expertise lies in relationships and manipulation of data sets. Tracy's ta...

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Report copyright infringementby Jennings B. Barnett (Author)Everyone has a story to tell. Come along on a young man's journey as he shares a story about growing his first garden, catching his first fish, and taking his first and last chew of tobacco.Read thirteen other stories shared by a young lad growing up on a tobacco-dairy farm when the land had to be tilled with a team of horses, baths were taken in a washtub, and the outhouse served as a toilet.With each story, you will find a couple o...

Broken Hearts & Butterflies: A Grief Memoir from A-Z

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Report copyright infringementby Sabine Strutz (Author)Experience the raw emotions of grief's deep abyss, its torment and beauty. Absorb the absolute truth within each word, seeking connection and hope. Embrace the significance of small things. You're not alone. Let these honest words bring you calm and light.Broken Hearts & Butterflies delves fearlessly into the seemingly unending chasm of profound sorrow. It unmasks every facet of grief: the hideousness, the pain, the mental anguish, the...

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Report copyright infringementby Ellen Benton Feinstein (Author)The physical and psychological damages of war can manifest themselves for several generations. This book tells the story of a family that experiences such aftereffects. At the heart of the book is the problematic relationship between the author and her adoptive mother, who felt obligated to raise her dead sister's child. The story culminates in the author's discovery, after more than seventy years, that she has a loving half-broth...