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Canyons and Ice: The Wilderness Travels of Dick Griffith is an epic tale of adventure as well as a thoughtful reflection on what motivates a man to travel the hinterlands of silence across some of the most remote places on earth. Griffith helped pioneer rafting in the Grand Canyon, was the first to descend the dangerous Barranca del Cobre in Mexico, and eventually traversed the Northwest Passage solo and unassisted, traveling more than 6, 000 miles...
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There are two types of people in this world, those who give of themselves and those who take for themselves.
This book is about meeting, experiencing, and dealing with all kinds of people. A short summary of life where many lessons have been learned, you will learn helpful tips for surviving the "takers" of the world.
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There is a moment every morning when the countryside takes a pause. The birds stop singing, the dogs choke back their barks, and cats pause mid-stride. Everything waits. It's in this vacuum that a man working alone has the best chance of finding truffles...
The plot of land was perfect, just what they'd been looking for, offering expansive views across the valley and within walking distance of the local village. There was only one small problem,...
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Any Broken Biscuits? tells the story of David's experience of growing up in Lanarkshire in the Fifties. As part of a large family, life was never dull for the young lad.
David, his friends and family didn't have a lot, so they made their own entertainment. They created their own games, found mischief, visited relatives and attended Sunday school. Best of all was the idyllic summer holidays spent on a farm in Aberdeenshire.
It was a life of innocence,...
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Born and raised in Newark, NJ, the Author allows us to share her personal memories of life in a Public Housing Project in the 1960s. After the death of her father, she began to seek refuge into her childhood memories as well as digging deeper into her ancestry as a way of removing herself from the pain of her loss, only to re-discover the blessings that her father left behind. During her journey, she is exposed to many heart breaking and joyful lessons,...
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This is the true and deeply personal story of Roland Reebs, aka Bjorn, who leaves post-war Germany to discover himself and the world. His unique journey begins in summer 1969 when the 17-year old hitchhikes across Europe and Asia with few resources and no particular destination in mind. His quest for adventure and need for change lead him to India during the hippie movement, to the sleep-ins of Amsterdam, and later to the Canadian north with only...
88) Flames
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Life brings about many uncertainties when faced with a challenge that may cause you to lose all sense of hope. What do you do? Lie down and give up or do you stand up and find a way to make your life whole again?
Dee cruised on auto-pilot for many years enjoying life when all of the sudden, life as she knew it went up in flames. Everything she and her husband worked hard for was gone. No one to turn to for help after the ashes settled, it was only...
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It's in our simple, day to day stories that God speaks volumes. That's what Ballerinas and Pickup Trucks is all about. You'll be amazed at how God will teach you through ordinary, everyday experiences when you take the time to look for him. This inspiring collection of memoirs, poetry and prayer will encourage you to seek his face and his grace, in everything you do. Before you know it, you'll be searching for him-even in the little things-and finding...
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Harrowingly honest and strangely uplifting, this is a courageous testimony written from the soul of a unique, if not peculiar, woman whose tale transcends political and legal struggles. So tragic, yet tremendously inspiring, her feats of strength take you into the dark heart of modern Britain that perhaps you have never seen before. It is a heartwarming fight of a gracious mother, desperate to get her son the medical care he so vitally needs, whilst...
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Misadventures of a Happy Heart: A Memoir of Life Beyond Disability starts with the tingling of Amy Quincy's lips. Only a few months later, the tangle of blood vessels at the base of her brain bursts, triggering a life-altering hemorrhagic brain injury. Amy's life as she knew it is over. And her future-the massage therapy business she built, the adventures she planned, the home life she imagined-becomes a distant veil. Fortunately, Amy's sly humor...
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Previously published as My Uncle Charlie. Blood Line can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts. This is PART 3 of 3. You can read Part 3 one week ahead of the full-length eBook and paperback. If you lived on the notorious Canterbury Estate in the '40s and '50s, then you knew there was one man you did not want to cross: Charlie Hudson. A solitary man, feared and respected by the gangsters of the time, Charlie was...
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This book is neither autobiography nor a family history. It is a short account of an unusual childhood and the experience of being born into a family living in a repressive political system. The family members faced many restrictions in their daily lives but, in other respects, managed to avoid the worst excesses of the Communist regime. The book recounts how, despite many limitations, the author and her brother were protected, encouraged to flourish...
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My Father Called Me Bobby is an intriguing memoir detailing Bobby's experiences growing up in an Italian family in the '50s and exploring the sexual revolution a few decades later. The first-person narrative welcomes readers into his childhood and his initial experiences with God, faith, and religion, all tied in with the influences and antics of his Italian family. His initial decision to join the seminary and become a priest will not come as a surprise....
96) Seven Thin Dimes
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“Seven Thin Dimes” takes readers to the heart of what family means, and the value of the things in life that money cannot buy. Select memories of Janet Roberts' childhood visits to her grandmother's house in McDonald, Pennsylvania, are captured here in this engaging, thoughtful memoir. A collection of essays, it was originally written as a gift to the author's family following the death of her grandmother, Esther Masquelier, and was never intended...
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Standing alone against people who wanted me dead, people who had controlled me from infancy, I was terrified! My rescuer said, "You and Papa God are a majority. He is bigger than all of them!" Freedom was a battle that I had waged with the Lord since infancy, and I was finally free!
Walk with me as I take you on a journey through my life...This journey will expose the evil of sex slavery, government-sponsored mind control, and the Illuminati's existence...
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Just Want to Be Next To You. From a romantic encounter over a Singles Telephone Chat Line to the Grand Lake Country of Oklahoma, springs the true tale of a young, farming couple and the challenges they overcome to love each other, live off the land, and raise a family. Romantics of all ages will delight in this true story of love in the country and small-town America
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This book is about a journey. Every one of us is on a journey that leads us into a labyrinth. The roads we travel on are not always straight; they have curves, bumps, and cracks, and travel is not easy. Even so, we continue on that road, trusting that it will lead us to someplace that answers the questions we hold. Once we get there, we understand why the path was not straight. The detours that we took were our greatest learning lessons. My journey...
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Dr. Alex Booth has been on quite a journey the first 91 years of his life. Growing up in Kenova, West Virginia, Alex was used to hard work at his family's business, a summer resort called Dreamland, which included the largest swimming pool east of the Mississippi in 1925. Often exhorted by his father, 'Walk faster, Alex!' this contributed to Alex becoming a lifelong workaholic. Alex's childhood would include two other events that would influence him...
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