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MY FATAL FIRST DATE: A TRUE LIFE STORY OF SURVIVAL, TRAGEDY , INSPIRATION, TRIUMPH, AND FAITH By Christopher Smith

About MY FATAL FIRST DATE: A TRUE LIFE STORY OF SURVIVAL, TRAGEDY , INSPIRATION, TRIUMPH, AND FAITH By Christopher Smith

Fatal First Date is the harrowing yet inspiring true story of Chris Smith, a rural Illinois contractor who was shot in the head on a first date gone tragically wrong. His date was murdered by her stalking ex-boyfriend—Chris survived, but barely.

Waking up paralyzed and voiceless, Chris begins a long road to recovery, with humor, grit, and a bullet still in his brain. Nicknamed “Bullet Boy,” he shares how gardening, his loyal dog Tiki, and unwavering family support helped him reclaim his life.

Told with raw honesty, faith, and surprising laughter, Chris’s journey is a powerful reminder of the human spirit’s ability to heal after trauma—and proof that even in the darkest moments, hope can still bloom.

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Hungry for Life

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In this painfully moving memoir, take a firsthand look at anorexia through the eyes of a young girl. Even in kindergarten, Rachel Richards knows something isn’t right. By leading us through her distorted thoughts, she shines a light on the experience and mystery of mental illness.

As she grows up, unable to comprehend or communicate her inner trauma, Rachel lashes out, hurting herself, running away from home, and fighting her family. Restricting food gives her the control she craves. But after being hospitalized and force-fed, Rachel only retreats further into herself.

With a driving perfectionism, she graduates college with honors. But at sixty-nine pounds, Rachel is a shell of nervous and obsessive behaviors that have controlled her life. Years of self-harm and self-loathing have fueled the inner battles between good and evil, health and sickness, and life and death.

Acting on stage offers her moments of freedom from the skewed perceptions she’s constructed over the years. But her dream of a career in theater is not enough to save her. What is the secret that will finally unleash her will to recover?

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Look Beyond

About Look Beyond

Like a butterfly
drifting through
chaos…
One could easily
get lost.

Walk alongside a woman’s journey,
in this hybrid memoir filled with inspirational accounts
that touch on philosophy and self-help exploration

True stories with
heartfelt authenticity
and a splash
of quantum physics

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The Adventures of a Florida Boy by Jim Melvin

The Adventures of a Florida Boy by Jim Melvin

NEW RELEASE: Many of us are in need of relief, and we sometimes search for something good-natured and joyous to put a smile on our faces. This is what “Florida Boy” is all about. This sweet memoir will make you laugh and feel happy in that stomach-warming way that fond memories tend to inspire, and it can be read in one or two sittings. Melvin’s boyhood was spent in Florida in the 1960s on an island called Coquina Key. His parents’ waterfront home overlooked a wide expanse of Tampa Bay. Back then, parts of the island were undeveloped, which left room for climbing trees, digging forts, and swimming in shark-infested waters. Some of the things he and his friends did were downright dangerous. But they didn’t care. They were the rulers of their domain. Readers will discover moments that will awaken their own childhood memories, regardless of where and when they grew up.

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Passport, Pasta & Parenting by Jodie Schiavo

About Passport, Pasta & Parenting by Jodie Schiavo

What if you packed up your kids, paused “normal life,” and moved to Italy for a year?

Passport, Pasta & Parenting is the true story of a single Aussie mum who swapped routine for risotto and school runs for spaghetti, taking her two young boys on the adventure of a lifetime.

With no perfect plan, just heart, courage, and a dream, they immersed themselves in Italian life. From enrolling in a tiny village school to navigating the joys and chaos of living abroad.

This uplifting travel memoir is full of laughter, love, parenting wins (and fails), and the beauty of starting fresh. It’s for solo parents, dreamers, adventurers, and anyone ready to live a little wider and braver.

A warm, honest, feel-good story about ditching routine and discovering what really matters — one pasta-filled moment at a time.

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You Still Can’t Make This Up! by J. Traveler Pelton

You Still Can’t Make This Up! by J. Traveler Pelton

In this second book about my twenty-eight years in professional Social Work, I reached back in my memory vault to put stories to the faces that still come to mind when I sit back and recall those days. Some of them are drop-dead funny, some are sad and some simply infuriated me. I’ve met people from the privileged to the poor and most their relatives. Book two continues the short, almost true history of that career, funny to tragic. Names have been changed to protect innocent and guilty; and I promise you won’t find anything more fascinating than true life in my world. It gets greasy, gritty, gracious and no way glamourous here; I think it has been a life well lived. If you like true to life stories, odd characters funny to tragic, you will love this book.

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“That Sh*t Will Never Sell!”: The Story of the Men Who Sold The World What it Didn’t Know it Wanted. Again and Again

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Discover how some of the world’s most iconic drinks brands came to life – or didn’t.

Celebrated creative and marketing guru, David Gluckman, shares insider stories from decades of work in the surprising world of booze branding. From the bootlegging days of the 1930s to the modern corporate landscape, this book takes you on an irreverent and eye-opening journey through the curious conceptions of Baileys Irish Cream, Tanqueray Gin and many other household-name drinks.

Discover the origins of a billion-dollar brand that started in London’s Soho and sprang to life in just 45 minutes. Learn how it found its way to the desk of Chicago’s Max ‘The Hat’ Zimmerman and why New York’s Abe Rosenberg declared, “That Shit Will never Sell!” Relive the tale of Guinness Light, the biggest bomb since the Edsel, and discover the quirky beginnings of the take-home version of Draught Guinness, complete with a plastic syringe. Enjoy the entertaining mishaps and triumphs, from a standing ovation by 40 blue-suited Koreans who secretly hated the author’s idea to the attempt to create a best-seller by adding red food colouring to Chardonnay. This book is a captivating account of an unpredictably creative world.

David presents a nostalgic, sardonic and full-bodied insight into the fascinating process behind creating and marketing iconic brands. Perfect for anyone interested in business, history, creativity, booze or a good laugh.

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Ascent of a Woman by Mhairi Blyth

Ascent of a Woman by Mhairi Blyth

In Ascent of a Woman, Mhairi Blyth presents an unfiltered, candid account of her life. Spanning over thirty years, her memoir shows a life littered with trauma, trials, and tragedy, starting with her dad leaving to work over three-thousand miles away, in the middle of a war, when she was just six.

With every chapter of her life, a new and seemingly impossible trial begins which tests Mhairi’s mental and physical strength, and her ability to overcome adversity. She reveals her darkest moments, together with feelings of loneliness, loss, and despair, where even mother nature is against her. Mhairi also describes her sparks of resilience and determination in fighting for herself and for her family, where she comes up against those meant to be the very people to help and protect.

Ascent of a Woman is one woman’s story of endurance, growth and forgiveness whilst overcoming massive personal loss, the consequences of which will always be with her. This is Mhairi’s ascent from a child to a girl, to a woman. This is her evolution.

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The Friend of My Mind by Gil Frank

The Friend of My Mind by Gil Frank

“Written by a man about the woman he loved with all his soul is healing. We NEED more books and works like these.” —Jessica Coates. Victims of Abuse Advocate During the week of mourning Gil opened the blue crate she never agreed to unpack. He discovered her poems of passion and erotic enjoyment with previous lovers. The family was shocked, but the secret consumed him in a tumultuous whirlwind. He hid it until the family left. Then, he let the verses, like Satan bites, scramble his dreams, twist his grief. He did not eat, headaches detained him. By keeping silent about what led her to carnal passion, she obscured how the wounds of their betrayals still impregned her soul and snuck into their relationship. Friend of My Mind is a two-part dialogue between a man and his departed spouse. He writes the letter she wanted to pen—their love story from his perspective. In part two, he recounts his own journey to love — ‘careloving’ face to face with her death, and himself. Across Paris, Jamaica, Jerusalem and America, the story climbs to “Friend of The Mind” as the response beyond distrust, prior toxic relationships, financial inequality, and ge

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