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The nursing profession called to her from a young age. But to make it in this business, she'll have to grow up fast.Leicester, 1977. Dawn Brookes was excited to trade in her job for a career. While her family worried the hard-partying girl was too immature to take it seriously, the teen eagerly launched into her training as a nurse. But nothing prepared her for the stressful chaos of working in high-stakes hospital wards.As sickness, death, and struggle...
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There was a time when I would say, "I was just born to suffer." Then I met Christ and He taught me I suffered because I was born to help people find freedom through their trials and pain. Life is indeed a journey, and there have been times when I was able to run fast, other times I walked, and in some cases, I have even limped but in every case, I have always pushed forward. Through my story, you are going to find strength, encouragement, inspiration,...
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TREASURE WITHIN - A MEMOIR takes the reader on a pleasant ramble through scenes of nature, architecture and human endeavour. There is poetry to beguile, ease pain, comfort and entertain with some that was written to commission. Individuals are celebrated in addition to poetry that was inspired by great cities. The memoir pays tribute to scenes from the past while focusing on here and now issues, current affairs, the force of imagination, the countryside,...
44) I Want More
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In this lyric hybrid of memoir, poetry and image, Tracy Burkholder follows the trail of want through the pleading prayers of childhood to the ecstasy of a lush spring night to the frank exploration of an open relationship. I Want More is a map that expands beyond the realm of boy meets girl (and girl meets girl) into the internal and external geographies that make up the broad territory of our desires.
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Hans Gussmann, a German soldier, endured nearly three years of internment by the Allies after World War II-a forgotten chapter overshadowed by the more well-known tales of prisoners held by the Russians. "Prisoner of Peace" unveils this untold story, offering a true and sometimes humorous account based on Gussmann's prison notebooks and memoirs. This narrative diverges from the battles of combat, focusing instead on the daily struggles for survival...
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Episodes Intertwined, Collection of Poetry 3. 1991- 1999 transpired during the first few years of being a single mother. I had too many issues on the plate, too many tribulations and too many characters to deal with. Everything was set to bring me down and keep me down, afraid and alone. But when I was on the ground, I looked up to the heavens and it seems the black clouds opened up to let the sun shine on me. Then, things became clear and those characters...
47) Winter Sun
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On a nine-day winter break in Tenerife, where nothing is quite good enough, Miki Lentin tries in vain to ask his ailing, elderly Irish Jewish father questions about their past before it's too late. The absurdity and hilarity of family holidays in the sun are brought to life in this sharp and fiercely honest novel that crosses borders from the narrator's home in Dublin to his grandmother's apartment in Israel, carrying the reader on a tide of childhood...
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Based on the popular, hilarious website of the same name, I am Neurotic is a smorgasbord of anonymous confessions and wacky photographs that reveal people's deepest neuroses. Author Lianna Kong has collected the best neuroses from the blog, as well as previously unreleased submissions, demonstrating how neurotic behavior is highly amusing, shocking at times, and ultimately a great human equalizer.
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From a young age until his early thirties, Jensen was horribly abused by numerous males and some females. He lost his innocence at age two, at age six he was sexually attacked by two neighborhood boys. His step-dad, adoptive mother, gay boyfriends, and their friends; brutal attacks led to him needing protection.In his late twenties, he became very depressed and suicidal; he was hospitalized for a few suicidal attempts. After being released from the...
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Intensely personal and honest, brilliantly alight with the unaffected candour of its author's personality – and his inborn literary skill – "The Dawn is My Brother", first published in 1959, is a book of altogether uncommon quality. This e-book edition is newly illustrated with photographs from the author's own collection.It is a young man's first book. But it could hardly be more unlike the first books of most young writers, for it is an infectiously...
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This is a story about a mother and son, a story about addiction.I Can't Do This Anymore documents a year in the life of Karen Hardy and Bryan Massey. It was written in real-time over the course of a year while Bryan was in active addiction, in and out of rehabs, jail, and living on the street. Karen started writing in July 2016 not knowing how the year would end and committed to documenting whatever happened. The ups and downs will leave you reeling...
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Mark Martin is an award winning educator of forty-six years with teaching experience at the Elementary, Secondary and College levels. Mark's educational degrees and awards include History, Law, Education and Seminary. Utilizing stories from his ancestors, grandparents, parents, students and friends, Mark crafts an adventure through history. Many generations have been linked to one another through stories that have been told to thousands of students...
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My parents live in my hometown, Kyoto, which is located in the western part of Japan. A long time ago, when Japan had the feudal system, my family was a landlord of the area. It has come to a complete downfall over the years, but my family still clings to its past glory. For them, to succeed the family is critical. I'm firstborn and have no brother which meant that I was a successor and destined to spend the whole life in my hometown. But music changed...
54) Herida fecunda
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Exilios, migraciones, violencias, pero también abrazos y solidaridades, se cruzan en estos fragmentos en que el dolor que provoca el abandono del propio hogar busca transformarse en «una herida fecunda», como lo quería Clarice Lispector.
La Historia con mayúsculas, la historia colectiva, atraviesa nuestra historia íntima, dejándonos marcas sobre la piel y los recuerdos. Y ahí están acompañándonos nuestros ausentes, nuestros desaparecidos,...
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On a fateful day in May 1941, in Nazi-occupied Strasbourg, seventeen-year- old Pierre Seel was summoned by the Gestapo. This was the beginning of his journey through the horrors of a concentration camp.
For nearly forty years, Seel kept this secret in order to hide his homosexuality. Eventually he decided to speak out, bearing witness to an aspect of the Holocaust rarely seen. This edition, with a new foreword from gay-literature historian Gregory...
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Antonio Francesco Gramsci (1891 - 1937) was an Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist, literary critic, linguist, historian, and politician. He wrote extensively on political theory, sociology, anthropology, history, and linguistics. Gramsci was elected as a deputy for the Italian Communist Party and spent eight years in prison under Mussolini's orders.
From the period of his imprisonment, two important works emerged: "Prison Notebooks" and "Prison...
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DICKOTOMY, A DICKLESS MEMOIR, is the first book in the DICKLESS series about women's struggles.What defines you? Have you ever given this any thought?In this memoir, I wondered if my strict childhood, my naivety as an immigrant, my insecurities in standing up for myself and others, or my struggles to find my voice in corporate America were my defining moments. But then it struck me: Who defines you? was a much better question to ask. In my case, was...
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An eye-opening look at life-and death-inside the Mafia, The Last Testament of Bill Bonanno is a stunning document written by the son of notorious crime boss Joe Bonanno. Published at the author's request after his death, The Last Testament of Bill Bonanno provides highly confidential secrets about the inner workings of La Cosa Nostra-offering a behind-closed-doors look at the secret Commission meetings of the '30s through '60s and clandestine details...
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In this riveting memoir, renowned mountaineer Lou Dawson shares a tumultuous coming-of-age journey, from the flatlands of Texas to the Colorado mountains, steeped in the counterculture revolution of the 1960s.
Amidst the towering peaks, Lou discovers an enduring love for alpine sports: scaling cliffs, topping summits, skiing powder snow. However, as the avalanches fall and lifestyle choices veer, his pursuit of adrenaline becomes a poignant struggle...
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Soundtrack of My Soul: A Look Into the Life, Death and Rebirth of a Schizoaffective Man is an in depth look into the life of Michael A. Ferrer, a man who suffers from a mental disorder called Schizoaffective Disorder. Michael takes you through his journey, exposing you to traumatic events that caused his mental issues from his abandonment, to his molestation at 14, to the loss of his daughters to DHS. In this book, you will see and feel how different...
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