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"To the rest of the world, Cass Elliot was a rock star; A charismatic, wisecracking singer from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted band, The Mamas & The Papas; A legend of Laurel Canyon, decked out in her custom-made Muumuus, glittering designer jewelry, blessed with a powerful, instantly identifiable singing voice which helped define the sound of the 1960s counterculture movement. But to Owen Elliot-Kugell, she was just Mom. In the nearly 50 years...
2) Perseverance
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A memoir about a young girl living in Compton California. She perseveres in an unstable environment. She is in an alcoholic, dysfunctional and gang affiliated environment. She helps children along the way, to survive in her similar circumstances. She loves Jesus and often talks to him, to help her one day at a time.
3) Dizzy Hill
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You have an interest in Learning Disabilities. You have flunked out of school.
You have been fired from your job.
You have an interest in starting a family business.
You want to sell your company.
You want to know how an entrepreneur thinks.
Dizzy Hill is the story of the co-founder of BRAHMIN and his struggles to overcome severe dyslexia, school failure, and being fired from his job to creating a major...
4) Fatherless
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When his father denies paternity, the infant Phil is left with his poverty stricken mother Annie in a 1950s West Yorkshire mill town. Burned by loss and desertion, Annie's mental state frequently breaks apart. Before his third birthday she releases Phil to a distant orphanage. A series of subsequent separations take their toll on this spirited, imaginative boy who - at every turn - feels violently cast off and set adrift.In this memoir of life under...
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In this riveting autobiography spanning generations and continents, Maggie Hamilton shares her extraordinary story of love, loss, and the unbreakable bonds of family. From the turmoil of war-torn London to the sun-drenched shores of the French Riviera, Gemini Over the Gulf follows Maggie's journey and the parallel life of her twin sister, Katie, separated by a twist of fate in their infancy.
As Maggie navigates the glamorous world of Parisian haute...
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About the Book Author Brian Dickens Barrabee has worked as a teacher, a financial consultant, an inventor, a radio station owner, and a real estate manager. With such a varied life of careers, he came out of it with some tales to tell. Confessions of a Professional Working Man is a collection of comedic and slice of life stories full of the highs, lows, and laughs he's shared with his coworkers, clients, and students throughout the years. About the...
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Born to illiterate parents, in a deprived area of Glasgow ensured Joe Armstrong would be stigmatized from day one. His father was an indolent, gambling, alcoholic and his Mother; a hard-nosed, illiterate workaholic. With no one to turn to in times of need; Joe was left to his own devices; to do whatever he had to do to survive.Despite the trauma and shame associated with abject poverty and perceived ignorance, Joe was forced to survive in a world...
8) Alyosha
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Alyosha lived a short life, which he lived to the fullest following his convictions, with utter honesty and showing compassion to his fellow beings. His simplicity and positivity of outlook endeared him to those who came in touch with him whilst his brutal forthrightness quite often brought him into conflict with those in authority. Ever since his birth, it was apparent that Alyosha was a special and exceptionally gifted child. He excelled in sports...
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This book tells the story of modern day pioneering. It chronicles a family's move to rural Ireland in the last decade of the twentieth century, and describes their struggle to begin with nothing and build a home on the side of a valley in the hills of County Clare, using a mixture of stones gathered from the fields and concrete.
The family were determined to grow their own food and live as self-sufficiently as was practical, despite the poor soil....
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Get the Summary of Erik Larson's The Demon of Unrest in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Demon of Unrest" by Erik Larson delves into the tense prelude to the American Civil War, focusing on key figures and events that escalated the conflict. Major Robert Anderson, commanding Fort Sumter with insufficient troops and supplies, faces his former student, Confederate General Beauregard, amid Charleston's secessionist...
11) My Bipolar Mind
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About the Book My Bipolar Mind takes you on a journey into the mind of someone who is bipolar who has gone through tremendous abuse in her lifetime, and is trying to heal through poetry. Lisa M. Berry showcases her struggle with alcohol abuse and her family's love that saved her. This riveting collection of poetry can help survivors and show them they matter, and they are not alone. About the Author Lisa M. Berry loves to write, cook, hang out with...
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When we came back out of the cookhouse, someone yelled, "Your house is on fire!" and pointed to the small logged-off canyon that separated our place from the other houses in the camp. I remember a column of black smoke, probably from the tar paper the mill owners used for roofing.
By the time we drove back to the house, it was pretty much gone. Everything my parents owned was destroyed: clothes, dishes, hunting rifles, fishing poles, canned goods,...
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In The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin's Theory, Kenny Fries tells us two stories: the development of the theory of "survival of the fittest," as articulated by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace; and the history of his ever-changing, made-to-order, orthopedic shoes.The famously important first story, as told by Fries, is a colorful account of the race between Darwin and Wallace to formulate their groundbreaking theories. At...
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My Mother, Audrey Brown, kept journals and later wrote down her memoirs. Aside from the fact that she is a very good writer, the circumstances make for an interesting story and a good read. Born right after the end of World War 1, she spent her childhood in a London not fully recovered from war and with little time to breathe, sensing another on its way. Without intending to give a comprehensive picture of life in London at the time, she succeeds...
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Though about me and woven from painful episodes from my childhood, the intent is not to elicit pity. The objective of the narrative is to evoke in reader's mind the memory of those brief moments that had seemed negligible and almost trivial when first experienced but had eventually became life changing and had a lasting effect on reader's conscious and subconscious behavior.Set the price to $0 before downloading.This book may be copied, distributed,...
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The author traces his life from snatches of memories starting in 1940. He was brought up in a suburb, close to Cape Town, on the slopes of Devil's Peak. This area was his playground until his mid-teens. He covers events that left an indelible impression on his mind as a child and then as a teenager.He started attending the University of Cape Town at the age of 16 and shortly after, his family moved to a new home in Newlands about 10kms from Cape Town.After...
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Biografien und Bilder der 736 Mitglieder des 20. Deutschen Bundestages sowie der Mitglieder der Bundesregierung ohne Bundestagsmandat.
Das E-Book Kürschners Volkshandbuch Deutscher Bundestag wird angeboten von NDV und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert:
Politik, Parlament, Reichstag, Ausschüsse, Bundestag, Bundespolitik, Ampel-Koalition, Fraktion, Abgeordnete, Berlin
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Psychiatry has never loved queerness. Historically, LGBTQAI+ people have been institutionalised, lobotomised, castrated, over-medicated, aversiontherapied, pathologised and electroshocked. Even though being gay, bi and trans are no longer officially mental illnesses, queerphobia has not left psychiatry.
Most people have no idea what violence the mental health system has done to and is still doing LGBTQAI+ people. In this book queer people tell...
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This book is a series of stories covering 140 years and four generations, a famous Reverend, two Knights of the Realm and a Deputy Prime Minister.
The setting is from the streets of 19th Century London, to the Kauri gum forests of New Zealand to the islands and mountains of Papua New Guinea.
The author, Charles Kauai Abel, is the great grandson of the pioneer missionary, Reverend Charles William Abel of the London Missionary Society, and...
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Introducing the First Biography of the Life and Ministry of R. C. Sproul
R. C. Sproul (1939–2017) was a pastor, a professor, an author, and the founder and president of Ligonier Ministries. His contributions in the areas of biblical studies, theology, worldview and culture, Christian living, and church history continue to be held in high regard.
In this book, Stephen J. Nichols offers an in-depth look at Sproul's life and ministry-his childhood;...
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