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"Looking back at my battle with insecurity about my identity, worth, and uniqueness, I have come to see that I was listening to lies from the Enemy." In Unique Anna shares her deeply personal experience with insecurity, inadequacy, and guilt in her first years as a mother and how that affected her marriage, motherhood, and relationship with God. With great vulnerability, she discloses the roots of her struggles and shares her journey to purpose, joy,...
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Midnight Train from Georgia chronicles the incredible rise of Gladys Knight and the Pips from their origins singing in a small Atlanta church to their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. When two families' destinies intertwine at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, they discover the extraordinary musical talents of their children. Young cousins William Guest, Eleanor Guest, Gladys Knight, Brenda Knight, and Bubba Knight unite their heavenly vocals...
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Ron Pearson was born in Bramley, Leeds on August 12, 1924. He began writing this book on August 12, 2021, his 97th birthday. After a childhood beset by illness, he left school at 14, and took a job packing parcels in a multiple tailoring factory, not for him. He moved on to packing parcels general muggins at an advertising agency at 50 pence a week, which he loved. His career in advertising was interrupted by a four-and-a-half-year spell in the army...
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A dream of a better life – and a reality that shatters the illusion.We spend Christmas Day at Hurtle's house. It is not where I want to be. Children's voices fill the air in play, but I brace myself for the inevitable scream of frustration from one little girl. It is an emotion I can relate to, but for me, screaming is against the rules.Mollie Veale 1949July 1946 – A letter from Australia dangles a carrot: Former soldier Eric Veale determines...
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Start with a man motivated by fear, hemmed in by rules and regulations, knowing his obligations, but not aware of his feelings, with an eye strictly focused on an uncertain future of heavenly happiness. Where is this man really going and where will he end up? Only when he questioned the rules, rebelled, and set off on his own path did he begin to become free enough to grow and become more fully human. "Journey to Joy" takes you on a walk with him...
7) #Winning
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#winning is a twenty-years-in-the-making autobiography that encompasses the life of a young woman who has sacrificed everything she has to please others. Being a giver is a wonderful quality but not when it results in being abused, stolen from, losing your family, having to claim bankruptcy, and almost losing your life. You will be able to go back in time to 1999 when this young author was twelve years old and read many of the journal entries that...
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About the Author I was born into a family of dancers, musicians, and movie producers. Momma always said, "The world is our stage. No matter how difficult a situation may be, the show goes on, so suck it up buttercup, make the best of it." Show-biz people learn to solve problems with laughter. In 1950, at age 7, when the psychiatry department of Tulane University needed a child actor for a human behavior documentary, I got the job. What I witnessed...
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Who are you?
Why are you here?
Why did you choose this lifetime experience?
Did you choose your family and friends?
Does reincarnation really exist?
Are our memories fact or fiction?
Do we live multiple lifetimes?
Have we come into this life with new skills?
What does ascencion mean?
Are we genetically encoded to be superhuman?
What is the DNA all about?
Do ETs exist within our illusion?
Are we the only intelligent life on earth?
Do angels...
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This is Anita Worrall's story and the story of her family. The story is set in the middle of twentieth-century Eastern Europe, at the time of the persecution of the Jewish people, followed by the communist regimes. Together with her family, she escaped from Romania by way of Israel and Cuba to land in Canada. She studied at Cornell University where she met her future husband, a South African Fulbright scholar.
He promised her that South Africa would...
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A memoir of a long-distance bicycle trip Leonard and his best friend undertook in July and August of 1965, when they were fifteen years old, riding and camping from Lansing, Michigan, through the northern Lower Peninsula and into the Upper Peninsula to Marquette, then Menominee, then across Lake Michigan by ferry to Frankfort, Michigan, and back home.
Eight hundred ground miles were covered by bicycle alone, and more than a hundred additional miles...
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At a time when her college peers are debating what to major in, going to parties, and working jobs they can quit without threat of prosecution, Rosa is a secret traitor. She is a conscientious objector stuck in a National Guard uniform during the War on Terror. When the call comes to ship out, she faces the biggest quandary of her life: stay in an organization she has lost respect for to fulfill her duties, or follow her moral compass, no matter the...
13) Until Wedding
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"Until Wedding" resonates with every soon-to-be-married girl. Recognizing that each girl is unique and experiences her internal uncertainties before marriage, this book aims to provide a safe space for all girls to acknowledge and embrace their doubts without any sense of guilt. Girls inherently possess a moral compass, but often they begin to self-criticize and judge themselves for harboring doubts. The message is to embrace these doubts fully and...
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Randy and Me and other stories is a collection of stories in chronological order about Tom Manchester's adventures with a fellow named Randy Renfrow, who was a colleague, a good friend, and an amazing guy who had an exceptional talent as a motorcycle racer, and the Yamaha RD 350 from his youth, a motorcycle that led a double life as a serious race bike and as daily street transportation. The stories contained within are either funny, exciting, or...
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"The Unbreakable Human Spirit of Resilience: A Boy's Journey from Adversity to Triumph" transcends the typical memoir genre, narrating the profound journey of Ericboy, a young boy whose early life in the war-torn streets of Liberia forges his unyielding spirit. His tale begins in the challenging environment of West Point's slums, moves through the contrasting worlds of Mamba Point, and is violently disrupted by the Liberian Civil Wars, turning his...
16) Libyan Twilight
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Libyan Twilight is a short memoir that discusses the forgotten Jewish community of Libya. As a child growing up in Benghazi, Raphael Luzon experienced the pogrom that followed the 1967 Six Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The Libyan Jews were forced to abandon their homeland and seek refuge overseas as a result. The narrative jumps between the present and past, starting in 2012 where Raphael finds himself in a jail cell in post-revolution...
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The book covers the high school years of the author 1957-1960 at Belmont School and chronicles his struggles to fit into a new school and new town. Read along as he grows from a gangly unsure 14 year old to a more mature and more self confident 17 year old going off to college. He transitions from an outsider to one of the insiders by his senior year and becomes actively involved in sports and school social activities. The reader will witness meanness,...
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Like a magic carpet ride, my stories unfold before you.Knowing the limitations of revealing a whole life, my memoir offers glimpses into rich and exciting life events.I invite you to ponder these glimpses, then question and recognise, discover and honour, the gifts these unique events offer.This is my gift to you. Enjoy. - Joan Morgan McCarthy
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While many authors write about lessons they've learnt from others, what sets this book apart is Shane's transparency about the life experiences which shaped him, and the amazing multi-site Church called, Enjoy Church. This inspirational, informative, and faith-building book sets out his and Georgie's remarkable ministry journey. Shane is celebrated not only for his infectious personality and sense of humour, but also for his compassion and love of...
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In these mini memoirs, Peter Cherches revisits musical experiences, pleasures, and obsessions that have punctuated his life. A singer and lyricist as well as "one of the innovators of the short short story" (Publishers Weekly), Cherches writes here from the perspective of a voracious listener for whom music is a constant companion. Whether reminiscing about the joys of musical discovery or paying tribute to musicians who have inspired him, Cherches...