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About Balancing Your Bipolar:

What is Bipolar? Have you ever wondered what it is? Are you a caregiver, bystander, or have it yourself? The author shares her knowledge from living with Bipolar. This is a great way to introduce information to others, or educate yourself, as it comes from firsthand experiences. This is especially helpful for teens who struggle to share about their Bipolar.

What does it feel like to have Bipolar disorder?
How can you manage your Bipolar disorder expectations?
How can you manage your activities to better organize your life?
How can you get a hold of your finances when living with Bipolar disorder?
How can you balance sleep, exercise, and nutrition with Bipolar disorder?

These and many more questions are answered in depth and culminate in discovering a life you will love.

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The Path of Leashed Resistance: The Buddy System

About The Path of Leashed Resistance: The Buddy System:

This book is a hilarious and heartwarming look into the life of a remarkable family that fell into canine rescue completely by accident, but now lives to protect and care for their dogs absolutely on purpose. An awe-inspiring read for anyone who loves dogs!
When Robert and Beth Hading-Yostlot rescued Buddy Lee, they had no idea what they had started. How one dog would spark such compassion in them for abused and abandoned animals. But that spark turned into a blazing fire that burned brighter and hotter than they could have ever imagined.
Fueled by destroyed furniture, food follies, bizarre accidents, and near death experiences, the fire spread to every corner of their lives.
They experienced both the pleasure of seeing damaged dogs be healed by the courage of a loving family and the love of other amazing dogs, as well as the hardships of having to make such great sacrifices to give them what they needed to grow in strength and joy. They also experienced the triumph of watching a dog’s spirit be lit up by life, along with agony when it was extinguished by death.
Beth Hading-Yostlot gives us a glimpse into their adventures, their pragmatic existence, and explains why forty-plus dogs later, they’re still living a life devoted to canine rescue and what it means to live by the Buddy System. The only thing she can’t predict, is who’s going to need their help next…

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While We Slept: Finding Hope and Healing After Homicide by Marcy Pusey with Jeremy Pusey

While We Slept: Finding Hope and Healing After Homicide by Marcy Pusey with Jeremy Pusey

On July 13, 2005, newlyweds Marcy and Jeremy woke up to the murder of his mother— just down the hall—while they’d slept.

The culprit was his father.

In this heartfelt and haunting book, Marcy and Jeremy Pusey bring you straight into the heart of their survival story, sharing their shock, heart ache, and hope amidst deep family tragedy.

This heart-stopping work chronicles the grief journey of Mary Ann’s son and daughter-in-law, tackling the nature of forgiveness, not staying stuck in grief, and utilizing pain to change the world. Their story demonstrates how faith can move mountains of resentment, unforgiveness and hate, and rebuild a life of joy, healing, and reconciliation.

WHILE WE SLEPT is a eulogy for a missed mother, a legacy for her children and grandchildren, and a lighthouse of hope for anyone else flailing through a tragedy. This book is not only about the story of one mind-boggling murder—but about how we can find hope in trauma, forgiveness in devastation, and triumph in tragedy.

And then there’s hope.

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Charmed Life by James Chapman

About Charmed Life by James Chapman:

This is a story that needs to be told, it is a real life personal memoir of this author’s miraculous survival. He has managed to escape from an incredible twenty six brushes with death during his life. Read about the close to death events that have plagued his life and how through it all, he has remained positive and totally optimistic.

A personal memoir of the many near-death experiences, that are demonstrating the fragility of life, and its preciousness.

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American Mindset: Unstuck & Unstoppable

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“After all these years, I finally realized that sometimes the greatest gift that GOD gives us is OUR STORY. It is through His grace and our perseverance through the toughest of times that we are awakened to our true gifts. American Mindset: Unstuck & Unstoppable is MY STORY.” – Jermaine Martin, Author

In this empowering memoir, “American Mindset: Unstuck & Unstoppable”, author and entrepreneur, Jermaine E. Martin, shares his inspirational journey to discovering his true purpose. Throughout this candid walk through life, the author opens himself up to reveal his most personal challenges and the battles to overcome them. From beginning to end, “American Mindset: Unstuck & Unstoppable” is an unfiltered, real-life ride. One that is shared with the hope and purpose of inspiring and empowering others to step into their own personal greatness ⸺to become the “you” that GOD intended you to be.

From the very beginning, Jermaine E. Martin was raised to believe in the idea that there is a blessing hidden in every trial in life, but you have to be willing to open your heart and mind to see it. For a little black boy that was born and raised in the 1970’s by a single mother in one of the roughest public housing projects in Washington, D.C., those blessings were sometimes not so easy to see. Drug dealers on the corner, deadbeat fathers hanging out in front of liquor stores, stolen cars burning in trash covered alleys, and kids having the time of their lives jumping up and down on dirty mattresses left on the side of a trash dumpster ⸺this was life in “the projects.”

“American Mindset: Unstuck & Unstoppable” chronicles Jermaine E. Martin’s unwavering fight to transcend and build upon that life. This is a real life journey of a boy born into struggle, but through God’s grace, develops an unwavering mindset. One that sees and seizes hidden opportunities that are in front of him and uses those opportunities to become who he was meant to be. A mindset that finds peace when circumstances work against him, a mindset that seeks joy to provide the strength to keep pushing, and a mindset that maintains faith when nothing else works.

Throughout this inspiring real life story, the audience will witness up close, the strength and resilience of the human spirit, as the commitment to a journey is constantly tested by the harsh realities of life. In order to push forward, “Great things never come from comfort zones!” becomes the battle cry. As that boy from the projects grows to become a man, he will realize that true success is often born out of hardships and struggles. It will be revealed that every battle was equipping him with everything he needed to step into his greatness. At the heart of this memoir is the hope filled message that there is something to be gained from all of life’s battles.

As we consider the many possible journeys in life, there is no place on Earth that allows us to spread our wings further and step into our own personal greatness more so than in the United States of America. This great country was founded on timeless principles that protect individual freedoms, which has resulted in the unleashing of the most powerful force on Earth -the human spirit.

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Entangled

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Have you ever been swept off your feet by a charming, handsome man, only to find his declarations of love were false? If so, you will be interested to learn that maybe, you were entangled with a sociopath.

Some people hear the word sociopath and conjure up the image of a psychopathic killer, but while all psychopaths have sociopathic characteristics, sociopaths do not kill the body. They are killers of souls. Driven by narcissism, they lack a sense of moral responsibility and have no conscience. The definition doesn’t come close to what lurks beneath the surface. I know because I was entangled with one. It started with “love-bombing.” Daniel came on strong. He seduced me with texts and phone calls, drawing me into his web until I couldn’t think straight. Once he had me where he wanted me, he played on my sentiments to throw me off balance and put my world on the crazy train. Disguised by his upbeat and funny demeanor, his abuse was subtle and hard to pinpoint. I walked around in a fog and functioned, mindlessly accepting his behaviors for fear of causing a rift. Under constant stress and anxiety over losing him, I give Daniel the benefit of the doubt. Doubt! Remember that word. It will drive me to the edge of insanity by the time the relationship is done. Not everyone will understand how he could manipulate and deceive me for so long. They don’t know. Daniel was clever and a master of manipulation, able to twist the truth until I accepted his fabricated reality. I didn’t recognize his cunning, devious nature. It’s still hard to believe that the person I loved never really existed. He was a ghost, a man without a soul.

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A Tortuous Path: Atonement and Reinvention in a Broken System

About A Tortuous Path: Atonement and Reinvention in a Broken System:

eBook is FREE on July 21-22, 2019!

Finalist, International Book Awards (2019).
Awarded the Readers’ Favorite® 5-Star Seal (2019).

In this thought-provoking sequel to his first memoir, “Trauma, Shame, and the Power of Love: The Fall and Rise of a Physician who Heals Himself,” former elite cancer doctor and researcher, Christopher Pelloski, chronicles his compelling journey from federal incarceration to halfway house detention to the first few years of building a new “after” life. Alternating between humor, pathos, and measured outrage, Pelloski takes us with him as he weathers imprisonment, divorce, and medical board hearings, undergoes polygraph interrogations and court-mandated therapy, finds a new home, starts a new profession, reconnects with family and old friends, and forges new relationships in “A Tortuous Path: Atonement and Redemption in a Broken System.”

Diverse stories of those encountered along the way show the faces of those most affected by the failures and capriciousness of the American justice system—and demonstrate the essential value of kindness and second chances.

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Trump & Truth

About Trump & Truth:

This book was organized to people who are in seek of truth about what’s going on around TRUMP stories.

All is reached by exploring deeply in aim of reaching the truth about his stories and especially his political stories that are very suspicious and cannot be understood if we didn’t penetrate our deep eyes into the essences of the stories, searching for proves of his political situations and why that works like that and not works like that, how this situation plays a role in guiding the direction to these consequences and not to other consequences , and which methods Trump uses to avoid problems or to create problems and so on.

Trump has created many burning situations and many non-burning ones, that, by sequence has attracted and still attracts many people to his territory or ‘territories’ if so and that made people stunned on how can we know Trump who is a new president of USA , and which directions can we take to know him very well to know if he will work for great America as he says or not .

Really !! We will see if his speeches are real and objective or silly ones by which he wanted to climb the mountain to reach the presidency or in other words ‘ The White House ‘ to achieve only his personal desires and aims if so.

Now before starting reading this book, I suggest you do not enter in dogmatic thought, because, you will understand nothing, except that you wasted your time and your money if so.

Otherwise, the people who have a sense of seeking the truth are more flexible, which, will lead them ultimately find it even if after their death which is an end wall that is flexible even so.

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Brave Enough Now

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On 27 July 1999, 21-year-old Tiffany Johnson stared death in the face when she miraculously survived one of Switzerland’s worst natural disasters, the Saxtenbach Gorge Canyoning Disaster. When a landslide and flash flood hit the Saxetenbach Gorge that day it claimed the lives of 21 young people. This horrific event sent shockwaves around the globe, making headlines as only six were pulled from the treacherous waters that day. Tiffany is one of those survivors.

Thunderous water gushed all around me. I surrendered my body as I was swept away by the ravaging floodwaters. I saw my life playing out like a series of snapshots. I knew I couldn’t get to safety and so I let go…

The quintessential girl next door, Tiffany had grown up on an idyllic farm in country Australia and moved to the city to pursue her dreams. Far from home, she fell in love with the wrong man and entered a toxic relationship. Struggling with anxiety and anorexia, she fled overseas hoping to escape her demons. Stranded, broken and alone in the UK, Tiffany booked a Contiki tour in the hope she would overcome her challenges and finally find herself. Little did she know her battle was just beginning.

Poignant and enthralling, Brave Enough Now is a courageous memoir of overcoming internal conflict and trauma. Intimately penned, Tiffany’s heartfelt story is one of love, friendship, self-discovery, inspiration and hope. From little girl lost to lionheart, this extraordinary memoir is unforgettable from start to end.

Tiffany is Brave Enough Now.

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Pursuing a Better Tomorrow By Blanca M. De La Rosa

About Pursuing a Better Tomorrow By Blanca M. De La Rosa:

What would you give up today for a better tomorrow? Many individuals give up the only world they know in pursuit of a better tomorrow.

Spanning more than one hundred years, Pursuing a Better Tomorrow, is not just a memoir that portrays the history of three generations, but rather an inspiring cross-generational journey from Spain to the US.

Four interconnected stories focus on one of the main characters in a given era. Their personal stories illustrate the challenges and opportunities of immigration, acculturation, coming of age, and self-discovery through the characters’ psychological and moral growth. The characters portray the strength of character required to achieve a better tomorrow given the twists, turns, and synchronistic events that shaped their lives.

The novel transports the reader to a time long forgotten with a readable historical overview of the Taíno, the conquistadors, early settlers, the Spanish Empire, and the Dominican Republic, interspersed within the narrative through the perspective of the character of the era.

De La Rosa candidly shares her coming-of-age story of self-discovery as she transitioned from New York City’s projects to corporate America, detailing her personal and professional journey. From humble beginnings—and despite a myriad of challenges—unfolded a life of untold blessings and opportunities.

“Pursuing a Better Tomorrow is entertaining as well as inspiring. The author’s tone is motivating.… offers a balanced view of immigration and all that it entails.” —OnlineBookClub.org

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You Can’t Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties by Carol E. Anderson

About You Can’t Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties by Carol E. Anderson:

How do you live and authentic life while keeping a secret?

Carol Anderson is raised in a fundamentalist Christian home in the ’60s, at a time when being gay is in opposition to all social and religious mores and against the law in most states. Fearing the rejection of her parents, with whom she shares a loving relationship, she hides the truth and pursues false romances with men while struggling to harness her powerful attractions to women.

The watershed point in Carol’s journey comes when she returns to graduate school and discovers the feminist movement, which emboldens her sense of personal power and the freedom to love whom she chooses. But this sense of self-possession comes too late for honesty with her father. His unexpected death before she can tell him the truth brings the full cost of Carol’s secret crashing in compelling her to come out to her mother before it is too late.

Candid and poignant, You Can’t Buy Love Like That reveals the complex invisible dynamics that arise for gay people who are forced to hide their true selves in order to survive and celebrates the hard-won rewards of finding one’s courageous heart and achieving self-acceptance and self-love.

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Memories of Pith By Pith Schure

About Memories of Pith By Pith Schure:

Following his love for travelling, the author offered his services as an expert in the field of physical and institutional rural development in 23 countries into the age of 70.

From Africa, back to Europe and then on to the Caribbean. Back and forth from Europe to countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean as far as South America, this is an extensive account of the places and cultures he experienced, combined with important family events that marked his life.

Memories of Pith by Pith Schure is the author’s memoirs of his travels and developmental work for countries in need.

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Why Does Daddy Always Look So Sad?

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From an early age, Jude knew he was different. Following an early childhood filled with quirky behaviours and marginalisation, Jude was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. With the support of his parents, Jude navigated through school and university, albeit with difficulty. Jude’s life changed when he discovered he was going to be a Father. Coming to terms with becoming a parent and denying his Asperger’s diagnosis started to cause a rift between Jude and his infant child. This is a view of life and love through the eyes of an Autistic adult, from being non-verbal and aggressive, to acceptance and letting go.

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Kid69 By Sandy McKnight

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Sandy was a Brooklyn boy in search of a world beyond Bensonhurst. By 1969, he was 15, and ready for anything — and in the fields of people at Woodstock, on the incense-laced streets of the East Village, and amidst Vietnam war demonstrators…he found it. It’s the story of an adventurous kid in even more adventurous times. Part ‘coming of age’, part ‘coming of rage’, part revolution, part revelation…here comes Kid69!

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90 Days to Live by Rodney & Paige Stamps

About 90 Days to Live by Rodney & Paige Stamps:

When an out-of-the-blue cancer diagnosis quickly turned into a 90-days-to-live death sentence from his doctor, Rodney Stamps and his wife Paige defied the medical establishment, and drew their line in the sand.

With both a growing family and business–and given that their doctors promised only to briefly extend his life with chemotherapy–the Stamps gave a resounding “No” to chemo and radiation.

90 Days to Live recounts the Stamps’ incredible and inspirational journey to find an alternative answer to cancer. In the end…

They’d beaten cancer while building a million-dollar business.
Following his ALL-natural protocol religiously, Rodney’s cancer went into full remission. On top of that triumph, he took his fire-and-safety business–which had just begun to take off when he’d received his cancer diagnosis–into a million-dollar enterprise.

An ALL-Natural Treatment Focus
Unlike other books by cancer survivors claiming to cure their own cancer “naturally,” but in actuality, relying heavily on modern medicine (surgery/drugs), 90 Days to Live outlines a 100% alternative medical treatment (i.e., using absolutely no allopathic–a.k.a. conventional–medicine)–a treatment that’s delivered incredible results to Rodney and countless others.

Alternately heart-wrenching and heartwarming–and delivered in an engaging dual-author format–90 Days to Live will speak to anyone struggling with an “incurable” disease, building a business under trying circumstances, or anyone who just loves a good old-fashioned, “beating-the-odds” story.

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Fractured Grace: How to Create Beauty, Peace and Healing for Yourself and the World by Julie Krull

About Fractured Grace: How to Create Beauty, Peace and Healing for Yourself and the World by Julie Krull

Fractured Grace is a prescription for individual and collective healing—a resounding call for wholeness in today’s escalating state of chaos, separation and fear. With a unique and intimate journey into the author’s own healing process, from an early childhood Near-Death Experience to a freak accident with several broken bones, you are invited to step outside of an outdated worldview to create more beauty, peace and healing for yourself and the world.

Dr. Julie Krull offers an impassioned spiritual perspective on global healing and the evolution of consciousness. She demonstrates how an illusion of separation is the root cause of wide-spread pain, suffering, and even necessary whole-systems breakdown in every aspect of life. Fractured Grace breaks through that illusion and inspires a return to wholeness. Krull challenges the understanding of popular, fragmented models of healing and crisis response, and moves you into a grounded place of hope and clarity, helping you create the conditions for individual and collective healing to occur. She weaves personal stories, current events, and prophetic vision to lay the foundation for deep and regenerative systemic transformation and change. Her masterful story-telling and authentic voice, inspire and enliven the path to wholeness and the reclamation of your inherent unity. Her down-to-earth, palatable approach invites you to explore new concepts and expand your consciousness.

Fractured Grace is based on Dr. Julie’s thirty-plus-year career as a healer, spiritual teacher, and psychotherapist, working with individuals, groups and organizations, interviewing and working with hundreds of evolutionary leaders, and drawing on her own mystical experiences. The book reveals how the radical application of a heart-based, soul-centric lens can calm your mind, heal your body, create sustained peace, and jump our interconnected, whole-living-system to a higher order.

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Depression: I Don’t Understand

About Depression: I Don’t Understand:

This Book Will Give You A Humbling And Emotive Insight Into One Man’s Struggle With Depression, And Will Share With You How He Is Trying To Get His Life Back On Track

Charlie Garrick has been depressed for seventeen years. He just hadn’t realized, until recently.

In Charlie’s short memoir, he shares his incredibly emotive, often humorous and at all times desperately honest account of what it’s like to live with depression, in a world where his family and friends struggle to understand him.

His powerful story gives readers a new perspective on depression, that of someone who is currently suffering from the chronic illness and is not sure where his journey will take him next.

We hope that Charlie’s story will help others find solace in their lives and will encourage you to realize that it’s OK not to understand and it’s OK to share your thoughts and emotions.

This book is for everyone, regardless of whether your have suffered with depression, have lived with someone who has depression, or simply want to learn more about the illness and how it affects the lives of ordinary people.

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Life in the Shadows

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Childhood is a time of innocence, discovery, making friends, learning and enjoying simple, uncomplicated days filled with laughter and fun. But what happens when those idyllic days are erased in an instant? When the innocence of childhood is destroyed through sexual abuse? What then?

Life in the Shadows is the true story of one such little girl who lived with crippling feelings of shame and an overwhelming need for secrecy, a lifelong struggle with severe post-traumatic stress disorder, years of seeking relief and escape through alcohol, chronic sleep deprivation and almost absolute isolation.

Nancy Legere openly shares how she managed to climb up out of the seemingly never ending darkness that enveloped her life after she was raped at the tender age of seven, and the years that ensued with her falling deeper and deeper into the abyss of anger and fear caused by feelings of self-loathing. Feelings of being unworthy of love and incapable of showing any emotion caused Nancy’s life to spiral out of control to the point of contemplating suicide to end her struggles with life as she knew it.

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