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Renegade Agency: A Memoir of a Family in Crisis and the Systems Meant to Protect Us

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Report copyright infringementby Andrea M. Verbanic (Author)Andrea Verbanic began December 2, 2013, finger-painting and practicing yoga with three toddlers. By 9:00 p.m. that evening, she was the main target of a felony child abuse investigation that upended her life. The ordeal that unfolded over the next six years is equal parts social commentary, whodunnit mystery, and drama-filled soap opera that will challenge what you think you know about the systems we trust to protect us.Andrea's world...

Follow Your Dream: A Grandmother's Legacy

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Report copyright infringementby Donna Jean Niemeir (Author)Lina Ladonal (Randolph) Harris was born in Missouri in 1885 on the old homestead. Growing up, she heard many family stories of her forefathers going clear back to England in the early sixteenth century.When Grandmother was young, she loved listening to the family stories of immigration, her famous Randolph cousins, pioneers walking along the mountain wilderness trails of the Allegheny Mountains, and settlers traversing almost impassab...

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Report copyright infringementby Katherine Brady (Author)In this captivating and often humorous collection of short stories, Katherine Brady recounts the true stories of her late father Terry, bringing them to the page from the table around which the family used to gather. The tales come from Terry's days as a Marine probie cleaning the latrine with a toothbrush, youth spent getting into trouble in small-town Massachusetts, his days fishing with family and friends, and more, offering a portrai...

Silent Scream: Surviving a Mother's Nightmare Through Faith

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Report copyright infringementby Katherine Bailey (Author)When Katherine Bailey received a devastating phone call about her daughter Liz's sudden cardiac arrest, her world turned upside down. In "Silent Scream: Surviving a Mother's Nightmare through Faith: A Memoir" Kathy takes us on an emotional journey through her family's battle for Liz's life.This account captures the heart-wrenching moments in the ICU, the roller coaster of medical updates, and the deep impact on Liz's husband and childre...

Love, Death, the Cosmos and the Kitchen Sink

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Report copyright infringementby Terry Deague (Author)Over the years I, scientist turned writer of fiction, have taken to writing blogs, describing my musings, memories, and misgivings. I now publish a selection of these blogs covering the years just prior to the Covid pandemic, the Covid years themselves, and the years we have presumed and hoped are post-Covid.There are eighty-one blogs so there's something here for everyone. There's the burning of rainforests not to mention the rest of the c...

Lessons from My Fathers: A Story of Family Love, Faith, Courage, and Fortitude

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Report copyright infringementby Manuel Puentes (Author)Our mother taught us about Love and Humility . . . not by reprimand, but by example" . . . so recalls author Manuel Puentes, youngest of ten children orphaned through the passing of their mother when he was eight after the passing of their father when he was two."Lessons" beautifully describes the life-journey of two faithful and determined migrants as they settle and cultivate a unified family in the small copper mining town of Santa Rit...

Chillin in a Straightcoat: Based on the Life of a God Blessed Schizophrenic

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Report copyright infringementby Robert E. Pace (Author)This work is about the life of Robert E. Pace, from toddler years to dropping out of college. It is a pre-crack era story that deals with the era of hip-hop and the change in the income and attitudes of people that revolve around that lifestyle. This work also contains higher education and deals with racial and economic issues of Robert E. Pace a.k.a. Burgatime. In his dealings with a mental health diagnosis and suffering from paranoia an...

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Report copyright infringementby Garrett Stack (Author)Garrett Stack's Yeoman's Work mines the richness of life's pitstops--weddings, funerals, trips to the Quik-Fil and Supercuts--and illuminates how closely personal narrative is tethered to place. From cowboys making coffee to doers and dreamers and taxidermists, Stack's work is a vital cultivation of individuality and an homage to the complexity of domesticity. "A place doesn't exist/ until there's a story/ spinning around it," he writes. H...

Benjamin Breaking Barriers: Autism - A Journey of Hope

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Report copyright infringementby Malva Freymuth Tarasewicz (Author)A fascinating memoir of a mother helping her autistic son to overcome his challenges; a success story that covers the journey from infancy to adulthood, and illustrates how love, determination, and hard work can conquer all. Written to have broad audience appeal, this book is simultaneously a valuable autism/special-needs resource for parents and professionals. It is filled with inspiring, creative ideas, and includes reader re...

Remember When: A Boy's Tribute to His Lower-Middle-Class Family

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen McKinley Simpson (Author)Remember When is for nostalgia seekers and young people curious about the "good ole days." Take a ride on the back road of life to a less complicated time. A time before cell phones, social media, and the internet. When we communicated with friends and family through a long-distance land line or a letter in the mail. When cars had carburetors, TVs weighed a ton, and gathering around the family photo album produced hours of laugh...

Zoë: Are we the masters of our own fate? Zoë searches for the answer.

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Kachoyeanos (Author)Since ancient times, philosophers have taught that a power outside of our control determines the course of our lives. Zoe, the heroine of this story, rejects this premise even though she spent her early childhood in abusive child care facilities and later grieved the deaths of cherished family members.Zoe is the story of the life of Zoe (nee Genevieve) Stamos Angelos, a first-generation American woman of Greek-Irish heritage. The main s...

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Undefeated: The True Story of How the Family-Owned Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry Service Survived and Advanced through Three Generations

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Report copyright infringementby Jean R. Beach (Author), Don Steele (Author)Undefeated provides an engaging and thorough picture of how a family owned business developed, overcame challenges, and interacted with the rich context of the northern Michigan tourism industry. It is a very rare story of a three-generation family-owned and family-operated business that has had to fight for survival for nearly seventy years. Fierce competition from other ferry lines, treacherous weather conditions, co...

Beyond the Bear: How I Learned to Live and Love Again after Being Blinded by a Bear

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Report copyright infringementby Dan Bigley (Author), Debra McKinney (Author)A 25-year-old backcountry wanderer, Dan Bigley woke up one midsummer morning to a day full of promise. Before it was over, after a stellar day of salmon fishing along Alaska's Kenai and Russian rivers, a grizzly came tearing around a corner on the trail. Dan barely had time to register this before the bear had him on the ground with his head in its powerful mouth. All of his happiness was shattered by a mauling that l...

Once Again, Here We Go Again...: ...this time with...

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew S. Benjamin (Author)After investing time and emotion into a blissful relationship, you begin to think this one may be the one. Then BAM! Out of nowhere they begin to show their true colors, telling you they no longer love you and abruptly leave without explanation. Now you're left alone, wondering, What the hell just happened?Andrew S. Benjamin, B.S, CBrC, CRC, CCC, CEC, has been there, and he recounts his true story of being in love with a narcissist. T...

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Report copyright infringementby Patsy Creedy (Author)The idea of what truly makes a family is a complicated notion at best, even within the frozen insistence of the Cold War standard of mother, father, and then some babies. There have always been so many whorls, small as fingerprints, filled with hidden lanes, ones that refuse tending, branches grown over what was once a common thread, a new fresh vine on the tree by the river with the dust-colored bark.Without Her is a memoir about family. T...

We Are the Family of a Heroin Addict: A Real, Raw, and Poignant Story of a Family Through the Recovery of Heroin Addiction

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Report copyright infringementby T. I. Ridic (Author)This is the story of a family in a small community whose journey of life took a severe turn when the eldest child discloses her nine year heroin addiction. This disclosure sets into place a whirlwind change in all family dynamics as each member tries to acknowledge their emotions and new roles to support staying strong and connected to one another. It is also a book that illustrates the difficulty of staying together as a family in the face ...

The Families of Sugar Bush: -At Home in America's Heartland-

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Report copyright infringementby Nadine D. Thies (Author)In the little village of Sugar Bush, is where their lives began. "Twas a tiny town but oh so vast were the dreams of every man. The backgrounds of these families were special in every way, and their efforts for life & survival grew together day-by-day! From early dawn 'till darkness they labored, cleared and planted. Each evening, on their knees, prayed God their labors granted! Looking back, it seems, these lives were such a simple ...

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Report copyright infringementby Candice Payne- Dennie (Author)This is the story of an attractive female who learned early in life that beauty is no protection from the sting of pain. Her uphill battles consisted of tragedy, loss, abuse, and drug addiction. The story is told in candid detail and reflects all levels of emotion. It is told from her perspective as one who knows the troubles life can bring, and is also a revelation and acceptance of self, which holds no bounds. This book depicts t...

What Looks Like Bravery: An Epic Journey Through Loss to Love

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Report copyright infringementby Laurel Braitman (Author)A coming-of-age memoir about the ways loss can help us transform us into the people we want to become. "I freaking love this book. It's about so many things, but mostly love and loss, and how you can't let fear keep you from experiencing all the love--and pain and joy--in this glorious, heart-breaking, unpredictable world." --Jeannette Walls, New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle, The Silver Star, and Half Broke Horses "W...

Title Single Harness(c): Your Neighbor S Memoir You Just Never Know.

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Report copyright infringementby Millard Avon Gregory (Author)"Inside his old log cabin my Granddad and I would finish an early breakfast and he'd give my hair a tussle, tell me to "Be back by dark", and head to the outhouse. It was 1951. I was 6. And that whole State Park he managed was my playground." From that point forward, Single Harness(c) recounts moments over the next 62 years, with 24 of them spent as part of a very special team, from humorous to historic to horrible. Reviews: Not too...

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Report copyright infringementby Harold L. Rassas (Author) Author Harold "Buddy" Rassas recalls the lives and defining qualities of three generations of a close-knit immigrant Jewish family that settled on the New Jersey shore. The book begins with the author's paternal grandfather Aaron Rassas (who arrived in New York City on July 4, 1890) and his wife Gussie (who selflessly "melded two families into one") -- and ends with notable "family legends." Number of Pages: 84 ...

Saved from Silence: My Journey Back from a Childhood of Abuse

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Report copyright infringementby Amanda Richardson (Author)Amanda and her family seemed to be the perfect family. But the secrets they hid beneath the surface were destroying Amanda's life. Though friends and relatives knew that her father-an upstanding citizen, a contributing member of society, and a religious family leader-was strict, they had no knowledge of the physical, mental, and emotional torture he inflicted upon Amanda and her brother, David. After four years of sexual abuse, Amanda ...

Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl

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Report copyright infringementby Hyeseung Song (Author)For readers of Crying in H Mart and Minor Feelings as well as lovers of the film Minari comes a searing coming-of-age memoir about the daughter of ambitious Asian American immigrants and her search for self-worth. A daughter of Korean immigrants, Hyeseung Song spends her earliest years in the cane fields of Texas where her loyalties are divided between a restless father in search of Big Money, and a beautiful yet domineering mother whose r...

The Significance of Curly Hair: A Loving Memoir of Life and Loss

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Report copyright infringementby Kara L. Zajac (Author)Growing up, Gram was my best friend. We shared a double bed in my family's cottage until I was nine. Fifteen years later, I got the call that she'd fallen and hit her head. All I could see was her mouthing, "Don't you love me enough to come back home?" I wept on the plane as I began to write her story, the one she'd asked me to write in ninth grade.Gram and I were polar opposites. She spent much of her life barefoot and pregnant. I was a g...

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Report copyright infringementby Rebecca Colt Aslan (Author)Step into the past with Rebecca Colt Aslan as she recounts her upbringing and experiences with sexual assault spanning over four decades.Everyone harbors pain, often buried beneath the surface as they navigate life's challenges. This book bravely illuminates one person's difficult past, offering hope that its revelation may provide solace and support to others facing similar struggles.Understanding the truth of sexual violation is dau...

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Report copyright infringementby Aileen Foster (Author)As a young woman, Aileen dreamed of being a happily married woman with children playing in the yard and bringing friends into the house for cookies and milk. What she didn't expect was realizing that her husband was very jealous and controlling. Aileen was determined she would make her marriage work and that they would be a happy family. After years of trying, she knew she had to make changes, if not for herself, then for her children. She...

I've Made It Through the Storm: My Personal Journey of Heartaches and Winning

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Report copyright infringementby Rosemary Hunt (Author) Number of Pages: 124 Dimensions: 0.29 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 17, 2024

Hot Mess Mom: Misadventures of New Motherhood

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Report copyright infringementby Lisa Wood Shapiro (Author)In this hilarious breastfeeding tell-all, the newly titled reissue of How My Breasts Saved the World, Lisa Wood Shapiro recounts her rookie year as a nursing mother. She gives readers the skinny on important new mom essentials--chocolate, ice cream, sexy nursing bras, lactation consultants, breast pumps, mother's groups, play dates, Mommy and Me Yoga (not)--and the sort of funny yet handy advice usually shared by close sisters and best...

Ketubah Renaissance: The Artful Modern Revival of the Jewish Marriage Contract

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Shapiro (Author), Shalom Sabar (Foreword by), Joanna Homrighausen (Preface by)Illuminating the contemporary revival of the Jewish marriage contract, Ketubah Renaissance relays the storied history of this beloved document (known in Hebrew as a ketubah) through the present day and showcases sixty of the most innovative and beautiful ketubot of the last half century. Originally created 2,500 years ago as a unilateral marriage contract stating what a groom...

UTM Presents Memories Take Us Back, Dreams Bring Us Forward: Coloring Book

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Report copyright infringementby Booker Gautier (Author), Goldstein Mike (Illustrator)Travel Through the Decades and Color the most Memorable Moments in Pop Culture, Fashion, Movies and More. Relese your inner artist as you and your loved ones color some of the most influential icons and memorable moments of the last six decades. Number of Pages: 52 Dimensions: 0.11 x 8.5 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: February 23, 2017

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Report copyright infringementby Heddy Breuer Abramowitz (Author)Life-Tumbled Shards is a medical memoir dealing with illness, grief and loss. It touches on many other subjects: life in Jerusalem, life in the Old City, basic Jewish mourning customs, Jewish observance, the Holocaust as it affected the author's family, as well as her early years in Israel. The author, herself an artist, felt the need to rebuild herself. By instinct alone, she took hesitant steps. Through parallel processes, in p...