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  • Who’s My Daddy?
    Gina Cameron
    In Who’s My Daddy? Gina Cameron tackles the questions Why did my mother lie about my paternity? and Why did so many other mothers hide the truth from their children? After discovering, in her mid-sixties, that her father was not her biological father, Cameron embarked on a search for her paternal roots.  Her quest for answers led to her mother’s tumultuous history as a refugee ...
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    11,49 €

  • The Snowy Battlefield of Ohio
    Stanley O’Shea
    In this captivating memoir, Stanley O’Shea unflinchingly shares his tumultuous experience as an international graduate student in the American Midwest. His narrative weaved through a labyrinth of unexpected trials, crises, and cultural clashes as he grappled with the perplexing healthcare system, the haunting justice system, the intimidating immigration maze, and the bureaucrat...
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    17,83 €

  • Frei José Monteiro Carneiro
    José Monteiro Carneiro
    Frei JOSÉ MONTEIRO CARNEIRO, OFM, foi Pároco de Mangueirinha, PR, durante mais de quarenta anos. Nascido em São João do Meriti, RJ, em 8/9/1927 e ordenado sacerdote no ano de 1953, em Teresópolis, RJ, após a ordenação trabalhou em Agudos, SP, em Duque de Caxias, RJ, e Lages, SC. A partir do início da década de 1960, passou a trabalhar na Diocese de Palmas, PR. Foi designado par...
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    21,61 €

  • A Confession
    Leo Tolstoy
    A Confession or My Confession, is a classic Leo Tolstoy book and a short work on the subject of melancholia, philosophy and religion. It was written in 1879 to 1880, when Tolstoy was in his early fifties.The book is a brief autobiographical story of the author’s struggle with a mid-life existential crisis. It describes his search for the answer to the ultimate philosophical que...
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    12,85 €

  • Gardens in the Midst of War
    Karen Kaiser
    In the spring of 1973, a young American couple, Karen and Steve, heads to Saigon, Republic of [South] Vietnam where Steve will begin work on a contract awarded to his employer by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). They could not have known that they would soon be witnesses to history.Naïve and unprepared for what confronts them, the couple’s resilie...
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    17,00 €

  • Faith, Strength, And Courage
    Gregory O. Proctor
    In a world of chaos and uncertainty, 'Faith, Strength, and Courage: A Memoir of Overcoming Adversity and Embracing Life’s Journey' by Gregory O. Proctor. shines brightly as a beacon of hope and inspiration.In this captivating memoir, Gregory takes readers on a heartfelt journey through his battle with cancer, revealing the incredible power of faith, the strength of the human sp...
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    23,18 €

  • Comptant Històries
    Rafael Roca i Velasco
    Poemas e historias de un valenciano para el mundo. Desde Mislata para el mundo, el autor nos sumerge en su mundo. ...
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    8,61 €

  • Calling Wild Places Home
    Laura Waterman
    Poignant and vulnerable essays that weave together seemingly disparate themes of wild places and mountain stewardship, books and reading, and building a new life after loss. ...
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    26,15 €

  • Children of Aliso
    Harriet E Thurston Buchheim Mather
    CHILDREN OF ALISO is a memoir of the pioneering Thurston family who settled and homesteaded 152 acres of land in Laguna Beach’s Aliso Canyon in 1871, transforming its barren wilderness into a sustainable farm. It narrates the family’s personal stories, from initial isolation to early Laguna neighbors, through the 1880s real-estate boom and bust, and 1890s economic downturns. De...
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    97,84 €

  • Out of Budapest
    Pasztory
    One of the world’s ground-breaking authorities on pre-Columbian art speaks to the heart of the American experience.From an immigrant perspective, Esther Pasztory’s memoir is a guide along the way to an appreciation of multicultural qualities as opportunities.The themes and emotions of her search for the truth of ancient American cultures reflect the dramatic cross-cultural curr...
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    12,03 €

  • Find Your Beat
    Tim Eggebraaten
    In the rhythmic pages of 'Find Your Beat,' Tim Eggebraaten, a retired police chief turned messenger of optimism, invites you on a journey through the melodies of life. With heartwarming stories and practical wisdom, he reveals the power of finding beauty amidst the chaos, the rhythm in everyday moments, and the resilience within.Tim’s candid tales take you behind the badge, sha...
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    14,72 €

  • Through It All
    Marilyn Whitlock Hockersmith / Marilyn Whitlock-Hockersmith
    This book is meant to paint a picture to my grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, extended families, friends, and loved ones to be attentive to your children. It was not in the closet nor was it a dream. He was an unwelcome visitor that followed me no matter where we moved to. He would always seek me out after everyone went to bed. It seemed like no one could ever see what w...
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    27,04 €

  • Primaveras Poéticas
    Tatiana Santos Azevedo Mendes
    A primavera chegou com seu inebriante aroma, colorindo o novo tempo de mais gratidão, inaugurando a expansão da consciência, e trazendo à luz da Poesia moderna, o toque sutil de plenitude, a nítida essência romântica, neoclássica, notoriamente estabelecida, nas entrelinhas de cada poesia, foi tecida com ternura, no dia a dia, que se desnuda, enluarada, e com ares de paixão pela...
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    17,22 €

  • Faith, Strength, And Courage
    Gregory O. Proctor
    In a world of chaos and uncertainty, 'Faith, Strength, and Courage: A Memoir of Overcoming Adversity and Embracing Life’s Journey' by Gregory O. Proctor. shines brightly as a beacon of hope and inspiration. In this captivating memoir, Gregory takes readers on a heartfelt journey through his battle with cancer, revealing the incredible power of faith, the strength of the human ...
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    21,08 €

  • I’m Not the Manager Here
    Lindsay Rae Brown
    I’m Not the Manager Here is the whimsical account of one woman’s journey to find balance between her creative and corporate self.Lindsay Rae Brown is afraid of everything.Since she was a small girl, concocting potions in her mother’s well-kept garden, she has been keenly aware of the many things that frighten her. The anxiety she lives with during the day-to-day holds her back ...
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    10,95 €

  • I Am A Simple Man With A Simple Faith
    John H Dumke
    'This book tells a story of perseverance and inspiration, it reflects my thoughts and realizations through the years.' ...
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    12,30 €

  • A Gale Stronger Than Longing
    Val H Stieglitz
    Called back unexpectedly to Milford Haven, Wales, the place of his first steps across that bridge from youth to adulthood, a man embarks upon a journey of reconciliation with deep, lingering memories as he plays golf with an old companion and reunites with those who took the same first steps with him.An email inviting him to a reunion beckons a man back to Milford Haven, Wales,...
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    28,62 €

  • A Gale Stronger Than Longing
    Val H Stieglitz
    Called back unexpectedly to Milford Haven, Wales, the place of his first steps across that bridge from youth to adulthood, a man embarks upon a journey of reconciliation with deep, lingering memories as he plays golf with an old companion and reunites with those who took the same first steps with him.An email inviting him to a reunion beckons a man back to Milford Haven, Wales,...
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    21,99 €

  • Holding His Hand
    Jeff Cole / Nancy Cole
    Unlikely Love & Unwavering Hope: Rediscover Life After Tragedy in a Touching Tale of Blended Families and Unbreakable BondsLose yourself in the evocative memoir, Holding His Hand: Hope When Life Feels Hopeless, and traverse the emotional journey of Nancy and Jeff Cole. Each of them carries scars from a past marred by loss: Nancy from a marriage she couldn’t salvage, and Jeff fr...
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    17,48 €

  • A Perfectly Good Fantasy
    Lynn Walker
    Brace yourself for this candid and darkly funny sequel to Lynn Walker’s award-winning book, Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler’s Daughter. Fiercely determined to live without drugs and alcohol, Lynn has rebuilt her life-survived, somehow, her dad and his cocaine-but she can’t seem to find all the pages to life’s instruction manual.With wit and insight, she takes us o...
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    18,40 €

  • With Many Miracles
    Israel Cappell
    On April 27, 1944, Polish-born Israel Cappell was awakened by the dreadful knock on the door that he and his family had feared since they began to hide from the Nazis in their adopted city of Brussels two years earlier. Israel’s sister Fanny managed to flee, one of many consequential miracles that shape this riveting memoir of Holocaust survival.Israel takes the reader on a fut...
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    15,19 €

  • Namaste 2.0
    Dane A. / Dane A. Vemb
    Lifelong athlete and sport enthusiast Dane Vemb loves nothing better than finding the back of the net with a puck or pounding over hills on his mountain bike, but one day, he wanders into a Bikram yoga studio. By the time he leaves the hot room, sweat soaked and inspired, he’s completely hooked and determined to master this new 'sport.' Unlike most aspiring yogis, though, Dane’...
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    36,22 €

  • COR Values
    Daniel Robert Mazur
    COR Values is a true and evocative story that captures the intricate dynamics of faith, family, and personal convictions. At the heart of this narrative is a pastor, deeply rooted in his beliefs about sin and salvation, who faces a profound dilemma when his wife’s sister marries someone whom he considers a sinner. This situation challenges the core of his teachings, which advoc...
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    30,09 €

  • Addiction’s Grip
    Armando Fuentes
    Welcome to my book, specifically tailored for parents and teenagers who are seeking to understand the devastating consequences of fentanyl overdoses and the impact of this administration’s open Southern border on the loss of my son. In the pages that follow, I will explore a heart-wrenching story that sheds light on the realities and dangers associated with drug abuse and flawe...
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    19,02 €

  • The Message of Light Amid Letters of Darkness
    Rosemarie Birri D’Alessandro
    On April 19, 1973, Rosemarie D’Alessandro’s daughter, Joan, said 'Goodbye, Mommy,' as she ran out the door. Joan was a Brownie Scout, and she was excited about delivering the last two boxes of Girl Scout cookies to a neighbor. Her mother didn’t know it would be the last time that she would see her seven-year-old child alive. Her neighbor sexually assaulted and brutally murdered...
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    120,43 €

  • The Message of Light Amid Letters of Darkness
    Rosemarie Birri D’Alessandro
    On April 19, 1973, Rosemarie D’Alessandro’s daughter, Joan, said 'Goodbye, Mommy,' as she ran out the door. Joan was a Brownie Scout, and she was excited about delivering the last two boxes of Girl Scout cookies to a neighbor. Her mother didn’t know it would be the last time that she would see her seven-year-old child alive. Her neighbor sexually assaulted and brutally murdered...
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    110,92 €

  • I Arrived Later... So What? I Am Also Here
    W Kpangbala Sengbe Sr BBA MSW EdS L... / W Kpangbala Sengbe Sr. BBA MSW EdS...
    The inability to foster ahead when everything that should make you throw in the towels and settle for mediocrity is the biggest weapon of failure in the lives of individuals that would have otherwise made impacts in their generations and the world at large. In a time and place where just breathing should have been enough for the purpose of survivability, the author weaved throu...
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    25,28 €

  • Musings of an Autistic Mind
    Darryl Jefferson
    Darryl Jefferson was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at the age of eight and encountered many hurdles in life due to the condition. Despite this, he persevered through many challenges in school, work, relationships, and the military. In this story, he takes us on a journey through one man’s experience of living with autism and its effects on school, work, relationships, frie...
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    16,03 €

  • A Treasure Chest
    Kumari Verghese
    Inspired by the example of a spirit-centered life exhibited by the author’s parents and elders in the family, this book serves as a testament to the lessons learned throughout the author’s own life.She grew up in a multigenerational family within a small island village, where families resided for generations and coexisted harmoniously regardless of religion, caste, or social st...
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    12,95 €

  • The First Time I Met You
    Dean Huseby
    Over the years, I have written several stories. Most of them are about experiences with my own immediate family, but some have been told to me by my extended family and friends. All of them are true. In some cases, I have changed the names of those involved for obvious reasons.Good stories must be preserved so that future generations can enjoy them. As a family historian, I so ...
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    13,62 €