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Between Two Skies, From Vietnam Medevac Pilot To Helicopter Cowboy

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Report copyright infringementby John Bradshaw (Author)In the spring of 1968, Aubrey Lange began his first of what would be two perilous tours in Vietnam as a medevac helicopter pilot, often called Dustoff, their call sign. He shuttled countless wounded soldiers from battlefield to field hospital, his Huey often taking fire. His military career over and back home in Texas, Lange found a need for a new era of cowboy-one in the sky. For five decades Lange gathered livestock by helicopter across ...

Hearts in Transition: Navigating Love & Loss in Foster Care

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Report copyright infringementby Danielle Murphy (Author)Foster care is a journey of hope, heartbreak, and healing-and it changes you forever.In Hearts in Transition, Danielle Murphy shares her raw and deeply personal experience as a foster carer navigating the complexities of Australia's out-of-home care system. From the silent grief of infertility to the chaos of welcoming four children overnight, Danielle brings readers into the emotional reality of temporary care, placement breakdowns, and...

My Story and How I Lived It: Live life to the fullest, treasure the journey, and cherish the people in it

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Report copyright infringementby Gale Diane Holland (Author)My Story and How I Lived It is a heartfelt and nostalgic memoir that invites readers into a life filled with love, laughter, challenges, and unforgettable moments.From growing up in a close-knit family in mid-20th century America to navigating marriage, motherhood, and personal growth, Gale Diane Holland shares her journey with honesty, warmth, and remarkable detail. Through vivid memories of childhood adventures, family traditions, a...

Seed Corn Must Not Be Ground: A Memoir of Survival and Resilience

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Report copyright infringementby Pat Browne (Author)A harrowing and yet quietly hopeful memoir, Seed Corn Must Not Be Ground explores the internal contours of a life shaped by family trauma. Extending beyond the bounds of an individual story to reflect holistically about what it means to be human, the book's overarching preoccupation is the problem and meaning of suffering. Structured by a unique braiding of memory and spirituality, the book ponders profound human questions about pain and loss...

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Report copyright infringementby Brian H. Schneider (Author)Alternate Worlds is a Magic: the Gathering memoir written by Brian Schneider, one of the game's early R&D leads, about the fun and merit of growing up a gamer.Note from the author: Consider Alternate Worlds a love letter to Magic: the Gathering, to gamers, and to anyone who woke up one day and thought, "I miss my friends."If I were to summarize why this book exists, I'd say that I got pretty fed up with the mass market cloning cul...

Memory and Emotion: Basque Women's Stories, Constructing Meaning from Memory

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Report copyright infringementby Larraitz Ariznabarreta (Editor), Nere Lete (Editor)Memory and Emotion: Basque Women's Stories denounces the silence to which women -- particularly those who withdraw from adopting a male-dominated discourse -- have been subject. This is a collection about women whose stories were long silenced or disregarded: diasporic and exiled women, activists, militant scholars, avant-garde writers, and forerunners of women's rights. The researchers and contributors to this...

You Have to Run Fast - The Feature Films of Edward L. Cahn

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Report copyright infringementby Henry Nicolella (Author)"Despite a career trajectory that made Edgar G. Ulmer look like David Lean, Edward L. Cahn persisted, almost maniacally, in creating an extensive body of strange, dark and intensely personal work." Dave KehrLong before he became "Fast Eddie", maestro of the 5 day shooting schedule, Edward L. Cahn was Universal's top editor during the Silent Era. Graduating to director in 1930 he helmed a couple of films that are considered classics today...

Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago

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Report copyright infringementby Will Quam (Author)A remarkable exploration of Chicago's architectural history through the humble brick. By the late 1920s, at its peak of brick making and consumption, Chicago was making over a billion bricks a year for its buildings and importing almost another billion nicer face bricks for their front facades. Throughout Chicago's history, brick dramatically transformed from a simple fireproof building material into an integral piece of architectural design....

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Report copyright infringementby Mike Vance (Author)Travel Texas history in the shoes of lesser-known people who illuminate big stories in our Lone Star past. This curated journey through an eclectic collection of Texas history ranges across four centuries. Find captivating stories in Texas politics, arts, labor, literature, agriculture, oil, ranching, sports, and civil rights. There are heartrending struggles and inspiring triumphs of will. Rousing successes and downright crying shames. From ...

Haute Couture to Oat Couture: A Memoir of Transformation

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Report copyright infringementby Lauren Rae Talarico (Author)Sometimes the life that breaks us open is the life that finally brings us home.Lauren Rae had built a life many people dream of. She was a respected veterinary neurosurgeon, a devoted wife, and the loving mother of three children.Then everything changed. Within a short span of time, Lauren lost both her unborn child and her husband. The life she had carefully built collapsed beneath her feet, leaving her standing in a grief so profou...

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen Vines (Author)A fascinating overview of culinary history exploring the lives of twenty people who have impacted the way we dine. "An intriguing dip into the lives and obsessions of an eclectic round up of ancient and modern food heroes whose tastes affect ours. Easy to digest, great recipes and some surprises." --Lindsey Bareham, The Times (London) Centuries ago, humankind thought of food as mere sustenance, but over time, it has evolved into somethin...

In Quest of Beauty Surviving Ashes and Storm

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Report copyright infringementby Lynda Ince-Greenaway (Author)Are you seeking lasting beauty? Have you ever looked in the mirror and struggled to recognize yourself? Do you feel trapped by a distorted self-image and lack confidence? Have you ever wondered if true transformation is possible? If so, you are not alone, and there is hope.'In Quest of Beauty' is an extraordinary exploration of the resilience of ten remarkable women. Despite experiencing life-altering challenges-shaped in the ashes ...

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Report copyright infringementby Leire Asensio Villoria (Editor), David Mah (Editor)The Climate Imaginary reflects on a global collection of design works that are engaged with the social, political and cultural transformations anticipated with climate change. With the climate emergency dominating our collective consciousness, the design field has mobilized to engage with the social, political and cultural transformations anticipated with the effects of this crisis. There has also been a corres...

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Report copyright infringementby John Caldwell (Author)In May 1946 John Caldwell set out to sail from Panama to Sydney to reunite with his wife who he hadn't seen for more than a year. Eager to reach his destination and unable to secure any other form of transport, he had to resort to singlehanded seamanship. After an ignominious scene in the harbor, where a tangled anchor led him to take an early dip, he spent ten days learning the rudiments of navigation and sailing from a book, before embar...

A New Beginning with Falun Gong: Discover Hope, Healing, and Inner Peace Through a Spiritual Meditation Practice

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Report copyright infringementby Margaret Trey (Author)"A New Beginning with Falun Gong ranked #1 in the Amazon Meditation category and #1 in Other Eastern Religions and Sacred Texts category during its launch week."----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Is it possible for an ancient practice to solve the very modern crisis of stress, worry, and the relentless cycle of overthinking?In a world that feels increasingly loud and frantic, many of us ...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Cubbage (Author)Get ready for an experiment unlike anything you've ever imagined, one with an extraordinary twist.The year: 1977The place: Philadelphia, a city of nearly two million.The problem: Out-of-control police corruption.The "solution" Transfer every veteran officer out of a notoriously corrupt police district and replace them, overnight, with 147 brand-new rookies fresh from the academy.No warning. No preparation. Just drop us into a neighborh...

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Report copyright infringementby Lee Sheridan (Author)SOAP is a brief history of Sweny's Pharmacy from its inception to the modern day. Both harrowing and uplifting, this account contains anecdotes and details about the most peculiar shop in the world. Number of Pages: 108 Dimensions: 0.27 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: May 01, 2026

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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...

The Infinite Dreamer: Srinivasa Ramanujan's Astonishing Rise from Poverty to Mathematical Genius-and the Tragic Fate That Immortalized His Legacy

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Report copyright infringementby Benjamin Harmon (Author)The Infinite Dreamer: Srinivasa Ramanujan's Astonishing Rise from Poverty to Mathematical Genius-and the Tragic Fate That Immortalized His Legacy chronicles the extraordinary life of Srinivasa Ramanujan, a self-taught mathematician whose brilliance reshaped number theory. From a modest clerk's life in colonial Madras, guided by divine visions, Ramanujan forged groundbreaking theorems that stunned Cambridge's academic elite. His collabora...

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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...

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...

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Report copyright infringementby J. S. Ayliffe (Author), Cathy Wilcox (Illustrator)In 1989, a senior Catholic Church figure approached high-profile advertising executive J S Ayliffe with an extraordinary request: help manage and contain allegations of clerical child sexual abuse.Ayliffe did not agree to participate. But confronted with what he describes as a "he said, he said" situation-and unsure how to act-he kept the approach confidential. The secret remained buried for 25 years, until the ...

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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 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...

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...

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 ...

Prisons & Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences (Cram Edition)

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Report copyright infringementby Constance Lady Lytton (Author)This XpressRead Cram Edition of Prisons & Prisoners pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. "Prisons & Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences" by Constance Lytton offers a gripping first-hand account of the British prison system in the early 20th century. Lytton, a dedicated suffragette and advocate for women's rights, deliberately courted imp...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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...

Still a Bit Wonky: A record of the lived experience of Dementia: A record of the lived experience of Dementia:: A record of the lived experience of De

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Report copyright infringementby Pat Simmons (Author)A daughter's tribute.A father's legacy.A love that memory loss couldn't erase.When Jack Irving Edwards was diagnosed with dementia, he began filling his days and his diaries with sketches, lotto numbers, tender notes about his beloved wife Babs, and glimpses into a mind navigating change.In Still a Bit Wonky his daughter Pat curates these diary entries and pairs them with her own reflections, creating a moving portrait of a man whose humour,...