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2021 winner of Soon ToBe Famous Illinois Author Project for the Spanish Category De la Página a la Fama and 2022 Indie Author of the Year. Pascuala Herrera, a Mexican immigrant woman with a physical disability resulting from childhood polio, had the odds against her, yet she conquered simply by working hard, having unfailing faith, and finding her own life purpose. Although her mother always told her that "life was a valley of tears," Pascuala learned...
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This is the story of Bonfire. This is also the story of a large part of rock history, which includes names like ZZ Top, KISS, Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper and many others, and of which Bonfire is fortunate to be a part. But it is also the story of an artist who suffers from bipolar disorder, which was not recognized for a long time and which, on the one hand, drove him to unexpected creativity, but on the other hand also repeatedly brought him to the brink...
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Aspiring actress Norma Jean Baker lives in squalor in the early '40s and dreams of being a movie star. Photographer Ralph Johnson convinces her to try for her dream, supporting her as she's bounced from casting couches to sleazy photo shoots. She befriends once-powerful producer Hal James, who tries to steer her toward her dream of stardom, where she will eventually be known as Marilyn Monroe.
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In the vein of Eloquent Rage and Minor Feelings - a passionate, no-holds-barred memoir about the Asian American experience in a nation defined by racial stratification.
When Julia Lee was fifteen, her hometown went up in smoke during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The daughter of Korean immigrant store owners in a predominantly Black neighborhood, Julia was taught to be grateful for the privilege afforded to her. However, the acquittal of four white...
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Dies ist die Geschichte von Bonfire inkl. unveröffentlichter Bonfire Musikteile. Dies ist außerdem die Geschichte eines großen Teils der Rock-Historie, zu der Namen wie ZZ Top, KISS, Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper und viele andere gehören und deren Teil Bonfire glücklicherweise sein darf. Es ist aber eben auch die Geschichte eines Künstlers, der unter einer bipolaren Störung leidet, die lange Zeit nicht erkannt wurde und ihn einerseits zu ungeahnter...
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She Found It in the Clouds: Destined with Promise, is an extraordinary tale of a young girl's life of seeming despair to triumphant victory. This book is full of vivid imagery of a girl's life experiences, which enables the reader to feel as if they were a part of her journey. Readers will share a myriad of emotions from anticipation, despair, anger, fear, sadness, joy, and most importantly hope. This book pulls at the heartstrings and helps to reaffirm...
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About the Book Guess I'll Go Eat Worms - Maybe is a commentary on growing up and growing old in a modern western society. This writing explicates some of Phillip Anthony Dalon's life's journey, and how and why we all change our perspectives and opinions as we make this constantly changing voyage. It admittedly steps on a lot of toes, but if taken in its entirety, it may make sense to those with an open mind. Phillip's work experience includes: dishwasher,...
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About the Author Who am I? I am a small, mouthy person who was born on the East Coast at the end of WW II, grew up and matured in placid 1950's Americana and the turbulent 60s and 70s. I was a successful entrepreneur and businesswoman during the docile 80s and 90s and am now aging in the turbulent early years of the 21st century. I have driven a hippie van and muscle cars, ridden subways in NYC, Boston, London and Paris, rescued old cats, started...
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In 2021, author Kevin B. Jones was diagnosed with cancer. His friend Billy told him, "Let the medical team take care of the cancer; you take care of Kevin." Kevin runs ultra-marathons. Could he run through cancer? This is the tale of Kevin doing what Kevin does–living each day, running each day, as cancer and the treatment wrought their changes. This celebrates those who shared their lives and love with him in the most brutal race he ever attempted....
10) The Bakers
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This is not about a super woman or a dominating hard driven woman doing unreal things. This is a story of a young teenage girl who grows into the unspoken leader of a strong and very close family. She holds them all together with strength and love. She guides them through hard times with her cunning and hard making decision. Read it and discover how they succeed when all the odds were all against them.
Jennie, an ordinary woman doing remarkable things....
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"Footprints in the Sand of Caregiving" is a compilation of a soul's reflections on its solitary walk on the shore of a lonely island of caregiving.
Withdrawn from my previous routines, lifestyle and social activities to focus on caregiving, I feel isolated and disconnected. In my loneliness and desperation, from the bottom of my heart, I cry to the Lord and the Lord answers me saying: "My steadfast love never ceases; my mercies never come to...
12) Savvy Me...(Not)
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Art Shay: "In a world obsessed with the aggressive explorations of other countries and cultures, it is sheer delight to recommend a classic internal search: "Savvy Me...(NOT)" a Comedy of Errors and Successes is an entertaining tour through the life of a bouncy country girl who developed her passion for music - especially singing- into the esthetic centerpiece of a normal life, - with, alas, many pitfalls -which she conquers with style and pizzazz.
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Grisha' s Loop -My Slavic Saga: From the Bolshevik Revolution to America -A story of Courage and Survival is based on Gregoire Ivanovich Samoylenko's unfinished autobiography, My Slavic Saga, which he wrote in the early 1930's with the help of his friend, Arthur Cornwall Knapp. This is the story of Gregory's childhood, and subsequent involvement in the Russian Revolution as a soldier in the Tsar's army. He is forced to abandon his engineering studies...
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About the Book Jacqueline Ivey is a retired teacher and author of Book of Original Poems and Memoirs. She taught at the Campbell Senior High and Turie T. Small Elementary School in Daytona Beach, Florida; Gra-Mar and Haynes Elementary Schools in Nashville, Tennessee, Firestone, Barber, Fraunfelter and Henry Elementary Schools in Akron, Ohio; and she completed her teaching career after a twenty-three-year stint at the Lakeland Highlands Middle School...
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"Ramon Llull, el filósofo hispano de mayor renombre mundial, todavía no contaba con una biografía que explicara su vida y su pensamiento a un público general.
En lenguaje desenfadado y directo, el autor aborda la biografía, los avatares históricos de una época densa y agitada: el maremágnum de la filosofía, de la teología, de las ciencias nacientes, de la política: Dios y el mundo, la mística y la sociología, la psicología (incluso patológica)...
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When we came back out of the cookhouse, someone yelled, "Your house is on fire!" and pointed to the small logged-off canyon that separated our place from the other houses in the camp. I remember a column of black smoke, probably from the tar paper the mill owners used for roofing.
By the time we drove back to the house, it was pretty much gone. Everything my parents owned was destroyed: clothes, dishes, hunting rifles, fishing poles, canned goods,...
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Making Dreams Reality: The Dreamer is a memoir about one man's journey in overcoming adversity, prejudice, and hardship to achieve his dreams of becoming an educator. Growing up black during the great Depression, young Allen Singleton knew his dreams seemed nearly impossible. There were no black teachers in his hometown of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. The adults in his life even told him his goal of going to college was not feasible. Despite the odds...
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This book is a deep dive into my life story and the changes I've made along the way. Decisions good and bad and the effect of life in all of them so far.
Oscar "Ofoesho" Roberts was born in Richmond, Virginia, and Raised in a religious and musically driven family. At the age of 4, his father decided to move the entire family from VA to LA to pursue his music and acting career. His father is also the nephew of the late great Ella Fitzgerald,...
19) One More Day
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In One More Day, the author chronicles his life and struggles with dyslexia, abuse, neglect, bipolar, and ADHD. Despite these difficulties, despite never being able to read or write, he created a successful life for himself and his family. In fact, it drove and motivated him to work even harder to become the manager of several major businesses. Read his remarkable story. About the Author Robert Fish has worked so much in his life that, at fifty-five,...
20) Walking the Path
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About the Book Dr. Michael Frederick Walker was born in Australia and moved to the United States to study for a Ph.D. in Mathematics. In the United States, he met the Bahá'í Faith. Soon after graduating, he moved to South Africa as a pioneer for the Bahá'í Faith. At his pioneering post, he served as a Coordinator on the Literature Committee, translating Bahá'í Writings into South African languages. During that time, Dr. Walker, or "Mike Walker,"...
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