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Full Circle tells the dramatic story of how the Canadian conservative movement was fractured in the 1990s and how it was restored to glory and was returned to power in 2006. It recounts the humiliating defeat...
The book is based on the life of Jim Mahon, who was an outstanding hockey prospect, killed in a farm accident at age 19. His death broke the heart of a whole community. Jim was generally considered to be a young...
An unparalleled portrait of the Conservative Party and each of its nineteen leaders, Blue Thunder rollicks through 141 years of Canadian Conservative leadership.
A sprawling, page-turning exposé, Blue Thunder...
Unlike the memoir of a famous person, my story lives with the millions of baby boomers who passed me a joint and a beer in college and again at the corporate picnic. Before the Woodstock weekend in 1969, I graduated...
Speak, Hands is a meditation on memory and the unconscious which employs innovative narrative techniques to transport us into the wordless realms of meditation and gesture.
This daring new literary work defies...
Joe Polacco has written a wonderful tribute to his mother, Vina, and in the process has learned about himself. This memoir is told with humor, and is a tale of extended family in Brooklyn headed by the author's...
INSIDE THE RAINBOW by Sandy Sinclair, Alaskan bush teacher
Not just memoirs of an ol' teacher but the author deals with how the events of the past may be connected to our current life.
Beside the Alaska adventures...
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Sims’s vivid portrait of Trump shrewdly balances admiration with misgivings, and his intricate, engrossing accounts of White House vendettas and power plays have a good...
From the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of The Theory of Everything and Darkest Hour comes the fascinating and revealing tale of an unprecedented transfer of power, and of two very different men - who...
Smaller... smaller... smaller... Using poetry and personal essay style, Rex Emerson Jackson presents a memoir of a man who has battled against eating disorders for a major part of his life. Using verse, observation,...
A hard-hitting, honest, and disturbing account of a young boy's abuse at the hands of his parents, leading to his ultimate destruction.
Great stories are often built on the construction of the following five elements: 1) Have a character. 2) A character who wants or dreams of achieving something. 3) One or more obstacles stand in the character’s...
In her third memoir, a journalist shares her own stories and opinions of dating after divorce while dealing with a serious health issue. Carrie's adventures span from Fire Island to Shelter Island, throughout...
Military life was not what this free spirit expected when she married an Army helicopter pilot. No longer serving in the role of a military wife, she shares her personal thoughts and experiences while living...
I have met, spoken to, and shared stories with Vietnam veterans. Most were combat troopers and warriors. Some combat veterans are now authors and have written books about their war. They lived it and survived...
Kierkegaard said: "To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose oneself." This is an account of Danish immigrants who took that risk, embracing America to satisfy the inner cry which Isak Dinesen...
Biographies of 14 Old Regular Baptist Preachers in Southeastern Kentucky and Virginia. Names; Blair, Boggs, Caudill, Combs, Creech, Day, Dixon, Fields, McKnight, Maggard, Riggs, Sturgill
The extraordinary experiences and perspective of an unorthodox seeker. Using psychedelic drugs and varied states of consciousness to examine the nature of reality, the author follows a thread of intuitive promptings...
Greek Angels in the Lion's Den is a candid and passionately written memoir, eight years in the making, introducing the reader to a motherless daughter. Nicolette worked hard to discover her roots and identity...
Geoff Needham was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1947. He never attained fame or fortune - at least not yet - and his life story was destined to fade into unrecorded history. Until he determined that we're all...
In spite of being dead for over two hundred years, Benjamin Franklin remains an object of fascination for many history buffs. He was a diplomat, postmaster, political theorist, politician, scientist, satirist,...
Over the centuries the Upper Peninsula has grown and developed due to many immigrants who arrived. Some of their stories are known but most have been lost to time. One of these stories belongs to Tsu-Ming Han,...
Dropkick Depression presents Kicking Out At Two, stories by eight professional wrestlers at different points in their active careers and how they've not only come face to face with the dark world of depression...
Jim Rogersson's only real reason to participate in scouting at all is to achieve the prestigious rank of Eagle Scout, even if it means having no actual friends or taking little or no part in troop activities...
This is an unparalleled love story between Mr. Kanha Kumar (the best orator, best PhD student, best political leader, bestselling author in India) and Dr. Teesta Cheatalvad (the best doctor, best journalist...
An Extraordinary Life... The harrowing story of a man brought to rock bottom again and again by abuse, mental illness, spiritual attack and his own wilful nature. A story of loss and alienation, of loved ones...
The autobiography and life story of Elno James Lunt of Duncan, Arizona. His stories and experience of a lifetime of faith.
A short biography of Sean Levitt, an American jazz guitarist who lived and worked mostly in Spain, with transcriptions of six of his recordings: Four on Six, Taller Blues, Jordi's Jump, November Song, Blues...
my personal biography of early childhood difficulties, orphanage life, school, Marine Corp Korea deployment, US Air Force enlistment, Civil Service career, Health related retirement, Contractor performance in...
"They will catch you sooner or later," could be the theme of this book on famous manhunts. Some are memorable, some have been forgotten, but in each one a desperate fugitive is trying to run, and generally failing....
This is a personal story of my life. It portrays the significance of life changing events in my life. These events that shaped and moulded me into who I am today. Although the characters are fictional, the story...
A True Story of sex and intrigue in the Canadian business environment in the seventies and eighties. In this book there are two segments that meld into one episode. The first deals with the sequence of events...
Autobiography of a refugee, and a description of his integration into English socety.Follows the adventures of Evacuation, education, national Service, career building and marriage.
Alice Nielsen, "Southern Queen of Song," was born in Nashville and bred in Kansas City. She sang on the streets as a child before taking the vaudeville trail to San Francisco where she became a star in Tivoli's...
In 2011, a 23 year old journalist named Anthony Nicaj left his home in Mineola, NY on foot pushing a stroller full of his belongings with the intention of walking across America. Along the way, he kept a collection...
On D-Day, June 6th, 1944, the Allies landed approximately 156-thousand troops on the beaches in Normandy called "Operation Overload." Fighting alongside them were 73-thousand Americans on two beaches. On Omaha...
"It is after midnight. I walk the streets of my home town. Snow covers the ground and ice crunches under my feet. My direction is south. Not sure where I am going but that doesn't matter." The following story...
This is not a story about combat, but a recounting of the activities of my father, a transport driver, and his friends in the Australian Army during World War 2. It's the incidents and events they talked about...
Compassion, empathy, self-sacrifice, sadness, joy, bloody mindedness with the tragi-comic pathos of the human condition thrown in for good measure, all this and more forms the backdrop to social worker Heather...
Step back in time. From the French and Indian War to World War II, follow the stories of the patriotism, sacrifice, courage and heroism of our grandfathers, fathers and men like them who answered the call to...
Suitable for age 16 years and over. As she rises above suspicion. As justice is served.
If you have ever been all alone but still felt like you were on center stage in front of a packed, whispering audience, then someone has probably been watching you. In 2014, Dawn Goodwin realized she was the...
Apart from the horrific events which occurred at St Pierre, Martinique in 1902, no one appears to have been greatly interested in the life of the man who was once described as 'a perfect captain'. Known mainly...
The Amazing Story of Dariush's Life (Dariush Ghasemian Dastjerdi) I have lived by my own thought and method, and not by the thought and method of others... And I have gained the greatest reward of my life! -...
This is a story about evils. About Murder. And about forgiveness and pain. This is also the story of a woman, so hurt by life that she needed to lash out against anyone showing her kindness or support. This...
"She was two small sprigs of a plant, commonly known as a Spider Wort, that her gardener renamed Sleepy Lucy. She received her name on account of her blooming habits. Early in the morning, before the sun rose,...
In an "Uninvited Alien Experience," one young man searches for 'normalcy' amidst a world grossly distorted by a disorder of the mind. He is constantly besieged by a roller-coaster of convoluted thoughts and...
This is a true story from the 2nd world war, very little is told or films made of the very Brave men that fort in the desert, especially of the RAF that was attached to the 8th Army, They became known as the...
In this engrossing and heart-tugging memoir, Dr. Irwin tells the story of his life: from gardening with his grandmother as a young child, though a tormented and dysfunctional upbringing to the trials and tribulations...
"Ethereal Revelations" is a moving depiction of how Lizelle discovered another side to sex: a spiritual side. As she went through many pivotal events with uncontrolled emotions from the pain during the aftermath...
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