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"'Charles Hillinger has been a hero of mine since I first started reading his stories in the Los Angeles Times back in the sixties...He was always on the go, like the other well-known traveling writers of our time, the likes of John Steinbeck, James Agee, Calvin Trillin, William Least Heat Moon, Jules Loh, John McPhee. But it seemed to me right from the beginning that Chuck Hillinger was a direct spiritual descendant of the greatest of them all, Ernie...
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"From the best-selling, Pulitzer prize-winning author of All Over But the Shoutin' and The Best Cook in the World, a collection of his irresistible columns from Southern Living and Garden & Gun. A collection of wide-ranging and endearingly personal columns by the celebrated author, newspaper columnist, and Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Bragg, culled from his best-loved pieces in Southern Living and Garden & Gun. From his love of Tupperware ("My Affair...
3) Canada
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Canadian comic actor Mike Myers writes from the heart about his native land, Canada, and what it means to be a Canadian.
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2021.
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"Un gu©Ua fascinante para navegar por la vida, el amor y nuestras relaciones. ©C©ðmo entendemos a la gente nuestro alrededor? ©C©ðmo desciframos sus comportamientos, motivaciones y expresiones faciales? Y ©c©ðmo podemos encontrar nuestro lugar en la sociedad? Diagnosticada con autismo a los ocho #os, a Camilla Pang le costaba mucho entender el mundo que la rodeaba y por qu©b la gente actuaba come lo hac©Ua. Desesperada por dar con una...
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"Before there was 'tourism' or 'leisure time;' before souvenir ashtrays became 'camp' and 'kitsch;' before Goofy Golf became an 'attraction' and today's colossal theme parks could even be imagined, there was 'Beautiful Lake of the Ozarks -- Family Vacationland,' where to this day the ashtrays remain devoid of irony. It was here, at Arrowhead Lodge at Lake of the Ozarks, where Bill Geist spent his summers between high school and college working at...
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[2020]
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"From the beloved actress Hilarie Burton Morgan comes her inspiring story of leaving Hollywood to buy a farm and candy shop in upstate New York with her husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan, celebrating community, family, and the value of hard work in small town America"--
While Morgan's lifestyle as an actress in New York and Los Angeles gave her a comfortable life, it did not fulfill her spiritually or emotionally. After the birth of their first son, she...
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"If You Lived Here You'd Be Famous by Now is an insider's collection of funny and warmhearted stories about coming of age in the Los Angeles suburb famed for birthing the Kardashian-Jenners and the Bling Ring. For Via Bleidner, transferring to Calabasas High from the private Catholic school she's attended since second grade is a culture shock, not to mention absolutely lonely. Suddenly thrust into an unfamiliar world of celebrities, affluenza, and...
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[2022]
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"Born in Shen Village in Southeast China, Shen Fuyu grew up in a family of farmers. Years later, Shen, now a writer, returned to his hometown to capture the village's rich history in the face of industrialization. Through his own childhood memories and those of his ancestors, Shen resurrects the working life of Shen Village through interlinked stories of fifteen artisans as their lives intersect over the course of a century. While Shen's view of his...
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"Stunning for her daring originality, the author of Negroland gives us what she calls "a temperamental autobiography," comprised of visceral, intimate fragments that fuse criticism and memoir. Margo Jefferson constructs a nervous system with pieces of different lengths and tone, conjoining arts writing (poem, song, performance) with life writing (history, psychology). The book's structure is determined by signal moments of her life, those that trouble...
12) G'bye my honey
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Reunion volume Book 1
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[1994]
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A collection of stories about the people and places of south-central and southern Indiana.
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[2023]
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From woolly mammoths and eight-foot beavers on the River Thames to plagues and civil wars, from tea to castles and cathedrals, and everything in between, The Big Book of Britain is a compendium of the major people and events in British history. Dive in and discover this island nation's unique charm and fascinating story. More than 200 stories are sure to delight Anglophiles, British readers, the curious, and history buffs alike. Whether you're interested...
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[2016]
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At Home with Ernie Pyle celebrates Pyle's Indiana roots, gathering for the first time his writings about the state and its people. These stories preserve a vivid cultural memory of his time. In them, we discover the Ernie Pyle who was able to find a piece of home wherever he wandered. By focusing on his family and the lives of people in and from the Hoosier state, Pyle was able to create a multifaceted picture of the state as it slowly transformed...
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[2015]
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Filmmakers Sarah and Greg set out to critically explore American culture, compassion, and fear by relying on the kindness of strangers for a home each night. Traveling through 30 states in 60 days, they spend every day in a new town, learning why people may or may not be willing to open their homes. At times funny, heartbreaking, and inspirational, these individual stories reflect the daily choices we make to trust, to confide, to care for, and to...
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[2022]
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"The publication of From Stage to Page: Stories from the Frank Basile Emerging Stories Fellowship, is in celebration of the thirty-fifth anniversary of Storytelling Arts of Indiana. The mission of Storytelling Arts of Indiana is to enrich, connect, and entertain through the art and experience of storytelling by instilling the value of storytelling in everyday life by offering: 1. Professional storytelling performances, 2. Youth and senior outreach,...
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