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Notes From A Broad: my uncensored year in Italy by Zia Wesley

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About Notes From A Broad: my uncensored year in Italy by Zia Wesley

An X-rated memoir of my seventieth year abroad akin to Eat, Pray, Lust. No one had any idea how old I was and consequently, made all the wrong assumptions which proved to be fabulously enjoyable for me… lovers half my age, singing blues in five countries, cooking Mexican feasts for people who had never eaten Mexican food, swimming in radio active tide pools and getting accidentally stabbed in an alley outside the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul! AND, I learned to speak Italian!

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How Tony Learned to Read: Growing up Dyslexic by Tony Fishel and Judy Fishel

About How Tony Learned to Read: Growing up Dyslexic by Tony Fishel and Judy Fishel

My name is Tony. When I was ten years old, I still couldn’t read or write. The kids in my class thought I was stupid. My mother took me to a neurologist. He said I was extremely intelligent but also severely dyslexic and that I might not ever read or write. But I never gave up. There were a lot of hard times. Failures. Times when I was depressed. But with my mother’s help, I reached my goals. My mother and I wrote this book. Some parts are funny, some might make you cry. Some are really amazing or even inspiring. Writing the book changed my life. It’s a book you won’t forget.

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M is for Mother: My Journey into Motherhood

About M is for Mother: My Journey into Motherhood

What does one attain in becoming a mother? And what are the things that remain behind? In M is for Mother, the author presents motherhood from behind the curtain, addressing the most significant change in her life with courage, straightforwardness, and emotion.

From the fight with infertility to finding the courage to conceive, the author invites you to discover a story about unconditional love. Whether you are a new mother, struggling to define her identity, or a seasoned mom, you will find this book to be thought-provoking and emotional at the same time. It will seem natural to share it with other women, engaging in heartfelt conversations about the motherhood journey.

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Dancing in the Rain By Diana Crevatin

About Dancing in the Rain By Diana Crevatin

Dancing in the Rain

“Life is not about sheltering from the storm, but about dancing in the rain!”

This book is an autobiography/self-help story about my life journey with Multiple Sclerosis. I was diagnosed in 1984, and am currently in a wheelchair, with no function in my arms or legs.

I show how to live life to the fullest, and make the best out of a bad situation, and the self-help section at the end of each chapter offers many useful points.

This book would be suitable for carers, people with MS or other chronic illness, people who want to understand the problems faced, or for those who are just curious.

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The Lifer and the Lawyer By George Critchlow

About The Lifer and the Lawyer By George Critchlow

The Lifer and the Lawyer: A Story of Punishment, Penitence, and Privilege is about Michael Anderson, an aging African American man who grew up poor and abused on Chicago’s south side, then came to Eastern Washington, and has now spent the last forty-three years in Washington prisons. The book describes Michael’s early life of trauma and crime, his trial in a conservative white community before a bigoted judge, his moral and spiritual transformation in prison, and a curious friendship that started in 1979 when the author was a young lawyer appointed to represent Anderson on twenty-two violent felony charges. Partly about race and white privilege and partly about a criminal justice system that keeps harmless old men in prison until they die, the book also raises larger questions about faith and what it is that determines our individual destinies.

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When God Let Me Speak: A Short Story Novella by Lisamarie Thomas

When God Let Me Speak: A Short Story Novella by Lisamarie Thomas

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From the author of debut novel Turned Out,

When God Let Me Speak is a collection of life stories that focus on courage, common sense, experience, and self-discovery.

After escaping a human trafficking ring and becoming a new author; Lisamarie is on a new search to find herself by discovering her purpose in life.

Throughout her journey of randomized tales, perception and understanding are common points in analyzing how decisions can lead to life or death.

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Being a Ballerina By Gavin Larsen

About Being a Ballerina By Gavin Larsen

A look inside a dancer’s world…

Inspiring, revealing, and deeply relatable, Being a Ballerina is a firsthand look at the realities of life as a professional ballet dancer. Through episodes from her own career, Gavin Larsen describes the forces that drive a person to study dance; the daily balance that dancers navigate between hardship and joy; and the dancer’s continual quest to discover who they are as a person and as an artist.

Starting with her arrival as a young beginner at a class too advanced for her, Larsen tells how the embarrassing mistake ended up helping her learn quickly and advance rapidly. In other stories of her early teachers, training, and auditions, she explains how she gradually came to understand and achieve what she and her body were capable of.

Larsen then re-creates scenes from her experiences in dance companies, from unglamorous roles to exhilarating performances. Working as a ballerina was shocking and scary at first, she says, recalling unexpected injuries, leaps of faith, and her constant struggle to operate at the level she wanted—but full of enormously rewarding moments. Larsen also reflects candidly on her difficult decision to retire at age 35.

An ideal read for aspiring dancers, Larsen’s memoir will also delight experienced dance professionals and fascinate anyone who wonders what it takes to live a life dedicated to the perfection of the art form.

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Let Burn: The Making and Breaking of a Firefighter/Paramedic

About Let Burn: The Making and Breaking of a Firefighter/Paramedic

WINNER OF THE FLORIDA AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION SILVER MEDAL PRESIDENT’S AWARD IN MEMOIRS

In 1985, desiring a meaningful, high-paced career in public service, Rachel Wentz left her university studies to become a firefighter/paramedic. Only the eighth woman hired by the Orlando Fire Department, a highly competitive department steeped in tradition, Wentz excelled, completing an AS in Fire Science, a master’s in public administration, and numerous specialized training courses to prepare her for an administrative position within the department.

Wentz spent eleven years with OFD, experiencing a career that was every bit as exciting and challenging as she had sought. A moving, candid, and eloquent memoir, Let Burn recounts her experiences as a firefighter/paramedic, during which time she witnessed aspects of life and death few people are privy to, experiences that shaped her as a professional and as a person. From the rigorous demands of training to the extraordinary calls Wentz responded to, Let Burn details the gratifying aspects of the field, but also demonstrates the precarious nature of the job: a heated altercation at the scene of an industrial fire leads to Wentz losing almost everything she’s worked for and the dramatic end of a storied career.

In vivid detail, Let Burn provides a firsthand glimpse into the hidden world of firefighting and emergency medicine.

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Chasing Bones: An Archaeologist’s Pursuit of Skeletons

About Chasing Bones: An Archaeologist’s Pursuit of Skeletons

In January 2001, Rachel Wentz walked away from a career as a firefighter/paramedic in Orlando to pursue a PhD in anthropology, specializing in the analysis of human remains. Her studies at Florida State University focused on the ancient skeletons from the Windover site but took her into the darker world of forensics and beyond. Travel with Dr. Wentz to the famed museums of London, Paris, and Italy, the fragrant landscapes of Ukraine, the beautiful shores of the Caribbean, and back to Florida. This engaging, fast-paced memoir provides the reader a first-hand glimpse into the fascinating world of bioarchaeology, where skeletons hold the clues to past lives and the ancient civilizations from which they came.

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Starving: A Memoir

About Starving: A Memoir

Starving is a memoir by Blue Egg Brown Nest founder, Christen Bensten. Christen tells the difficult and intimate story of living in a constant state of fear, managing her anxiety and depression and what it took to find love and healing.

Christen vulnerably takes the reader through her childhood trauma and daily act of purging, growing up in a cult-like evangelical church, and the public punishments of the private school she attended where children were tied to their chairs.However, instead of caving into depression and the temptation of self-harm, Christen sought help and healing at all costs.

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Athena in the Rathole

About Athena in the Rathole

Athena is born at the wrong time, to the wrong parents, . Her parents are Greek immigrants trying to find their way in America. Athena bounces between two countries, two cultures, eating Greek eyeball stew and lamb’s brain on the one hand, and ice cream cones with sprinkles on the other.

Humorously told, Athena must survive her vicious mother, a shaming nun, bullying classmates, and an abusive babysitter. Her mother blames Athena for the family’s troubles and Athena comforts herself by sneaking Greek delicacies. In Greek culture you’re supposed to be pretty and skinny, basically perfect. She is neither of these things. Things go from bad to worse and Athena is sent away to a school for disturbed kids.

Athena’s only hope is to break free from her mother’s explosive volatility and smothering vice grip. She finds support along the way from an unlikely lot of total strangers, including a Portuguese family, an art teacher, a psychic granny, gang members, and a hooker. Without them Athena doesn’t stand a chance. But will she take the final leap and flee up north before her mother destroys her?

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Our Italian Journey by Ilene & Gary Modica

Our Italian Journey by Ilene & Gary Modica

Can you imagine living in Italy for one full year? This was the dream. That was the promise.
After a rollercoaster ride of three years to obtain Italian citizenship, Ilene and Gary achieved their goal. In 2019, they packed up leaving family and friends to live this dream in Italy.

This is their travel memoir and personal adventure, which has changed their lives forever. In Our Italian Journey, you will discover and share their desire for a genuine experience with an Italian family and how this dream came true. Enjoy their stories and witty insights about new Italian friendships, reconnecting with old friends, meeting up with subscribers to their blog, and the countless experiences through the various towns they stayed and explored.

In Our Italian Journey, Ilene and Gary provide you with an entertaining look at life in Italy. A journey with a bit of history, tradition, and culture that is written from their hearts. Experience and appreciate Italy’s charm and appeal while joining in the laughter as they also divulge the trials and tribulations they encountered along the way. Through this journey, they eat and drink their year through Italy visiting 8 regions and 46 cities; include Sicilia and—Licodia Eubea, their new Italian birthplace. They picked up their Italian birth and marriage certificates during the adventure in Sicily.

Their debut, writing this book together as their journey unfolded in 2019, was a step outside of their comfort zone and a new venture for them. Ilene and Gary invite you to take a glimpse of Italy through the eyes of locals and their pride as new Italian citizens.
Our Italian Journey would make a great “Italy Read” prior to an upcoming visit to Italy or for someone who just enjoys the Italian culture and would like to experience it firsthand with this couple.

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From Voiceless To Vocal

About From Voiceless To Vocal:

From Voiceless To Vocal is a heartbreaking memoir about finding one’s inner strength. A story of resilience and courage, this personal account takes us on a journey of survival. As told through the writer’s first-hand experience, we see her learn about herself as she tries her best to stay alive, conquer the abuse and manipulation inflicted upon her, and overcome her own demons in the process. Her story proves that it is possible to get back up when you’ve been knocked down time and time again and stands as evidence that it is possible to find your voice after it has been stripped away.

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Hearts on the Road by Denise Cassar

About Hearts on the Road by Denise Cassar:

Seven minutes after kissing his mother goodbye, he follows his motorbike down as it skids to the ground. A hit to his bare head, kills him.

‘Hearts on the Road’ tells the true story of the author, a female solo traveller who falls in love, only to lose the man she loved in a road accident.

We meet her as she lands on the Spanish island of Menorca. While she’s settling into her new home by the sea, she hears someone playing the guitar outside. Is it time for love to come back into her life? But what if it dragged her down into the depths of despair again?

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Athena in the Rathole

About Athena in the Rathole:

Athena is born at the wrong time, to the wrong parents, and in the wrong country. Her parents are Greek immigrants trying to find their way in America. Athena bounces between two countries, two cultures, eating Greek eyeball stew and lamb’s brain on the one hand, and ice cream cones with sprinkles on the other.

Humorously told, Athena must survive her vicious mother, a shaming nun, bullying classmates, and an abusive babysitter. Her mother blames Athena for the family’s troubles and Athena comforts herself by sneaking Greek delicacies. In Greek culture you’re supposed to be pretty and skinny, basically perfect. She is neither of these things. Things go from bad to worse and Athena is sent away to a school for disturbed kids.

Athena’s only hope is to break free from her mother’s explosive volatility and smothering vice grip. She finds support along the way from an unlikely lot of total strangers, including a Portuguese family, an art teacher, a psychic granny, gang members, and a hooker. Without them Athena doesn’t stand a chance. But can she find her way before her mother destroys her?

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White Sheets To Brown Books

White Sheets To Brown BooksAbout White Sheets To Brown Books:

White Sheets to Brown Babies is a memoir of the life of Jvonne Hubbard, a little girl who was raised to hate minorities through the indoctrination of her father, who was the Grand Dragon of a North Carolina faction of the KKK. It includes tales of living through a lifetime of dysfunction, violence and terror at the hands of both her father and other nefarious individuals who would seek to perpetuate the cycle. More importantly though, it is also a story of how they did not succeed in this hateful quest, as Jvonne struggled on and through to the other side to embrace love, laughter and the pursuit of personal happiness. Part of this amazing transformation even led to her adoption of a biracial infant, an event that served both as a healing elixir to her soul and a grandiose “!#%& you” to all the ugliness that hate brings.

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100 great plane crashes

About 100 great plane crashes:

In the world history of aeronautics, along with outstanding achievements, there are also many sad pages. The desire of a person to rise into the air and even break into space has always been associated with a huge risk. The book by I. A. Muromov tells about those plane crashes that most shocked humanity in the late XIX — early XXI century: from the crash of the Zenit balloon to the death of the Columbia shuttle.

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Rising Above Opioid Addiction An Indigenous Woman’s Story of Childhood Trauma, Faith & Healing by Siera Taketchera Russell by Siera Taketchera Russell

Rising Above Opioid Addiction An Indigenous Woman’s Story of Childhood Trauma, Faith & Healing by Siera Taketchera Russell by Siera Taketchera Russell

Someone you love might be only one high away from dying of an overdose.

That was Siera’s story.

For two decades, she lived a daily battle. Would she press on in her pursuit of the pinnacle of success…or surrender to the constant temptation to self-destruct?

This riveting memoir recounts the journey of an indigenous girl from an impoverished reservation in the American Southwest… all the way to Harvard and U.C. Berkeley Law School. Along the way, the demons from her violent, dysfunctional childhood continue to haunt her steps, dragging her again and again into the depths of addiction and destructive relationships.

Can she overcome the stigma of opioid addiction to fulfill her commitment to lead her tribe forward, discovering faith, hope and love along the way?

In this unforgettable, gut-wrenchingly honest book, Siera shares the difficult choices she made, the price she paid and the reason she continues to believe.
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