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Reviews of memoirs and autobiographies. Memoirs are about part of a life where as an autobiography is the chronological telling of a life from childhood to adulthood/old age.
Author
Randy Rossi
Publisher
Nightengale Press
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The Last Man to Live the Real American Dream
This is the story of the original American Dream, what being a man used to be, and the extremes that used to be celebrated in America. It is a story of the son of an Italian immigrant from Chicago and a Daughter of the American Revolution from the farm. It is about growing up in both cultures and the exciting extremes to be found in both.......
Author
Carl David
Publisher
Nightengale Press
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Bader Field
Carl David is the third generation of a four-generation family art business in Philadelphia. He is the author of Collecting & Care of Fine Art published by Crown in 1981. His article about Martha Walter, an American Impressionist painter (1875-1976), was published in the American Art Review in May 1978 Mr.......
Author
Sharon Wallace
Publisher
Modern History Press
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Surviving a House Full of Whispers
Sharon suffered continual physical and sexual abuse from her stepfather for seven years. Unfortunately, no one would listen to her or believe her story. At age 16, she finally finds the courage to flee from her tormenters. Social Services find her the first of a string of temporary jobs between which she criss-crosses England trying to find a safe haven.......
Author
Deborah McCloskey
Publisher
Loving Healing Press
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Addiction--What's Really Going On?: Inside a Heroin Treatment Program
Addiction: What's Really Going On? contains powerful true-life stories woven together to form a tapestry filled with pain, joy, defeat, and success. The entire book is molded around Deborah McCloskey's heartfelt desire for her clients to be free of drugs.......
Author
Victor R. Volkman
Publisher
Modern History Press
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Authors Access: 30 Success Secrets for Authors and Publishers
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Author
Alice Rene
Publisher
IUniverse
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Becoming Alice: A Memoir
Strongly recommended a deftly written memoir that will hold the reader's rapt attention from beginning to end.-Midwest Book Review"Her ability to authentically capture the bewilderment and pain of dislocation through a child's eyes ? including the disharmony in her immediate family ? makes for engaging reading that will resonate with young adults everywhere.......
Author
Claire M. Perkins
Publisher
Intuitive Journey Press
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The Deep Water Leaf Society
The Deep Water Leaf Society: Harnessing the Transformative Power of Grief
Author Claire Perkins is a mother who embarks on a remarkable journey of awakening after her eldest son - whose lifelong struggle with ADHD has stripped him of self-esteem and left him addicted to crystal meth - dies in jail at age 26.......
Author
Janine Talty, DO
Publisher
Energy Psychology Press
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Indigo Awakening: A Doctor's Memoir of Forging an Authentic Life in a Turbulent World
Dr. Janine Talty, today a successful osteopathic physician, as a child found herself bewildered by a world full of challenges that she could not understand. She felt isolated, unable to cope with the regular life issues that other children managed easily.......
Author
Carl David
Publisher
Nightengale Press
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"BADER FIELD" (A Journey Of Love, Forgiveness & Acceptance")
Carl David is the third generation of a four-generation family art business in Philadelphia. He is the author of Collecting & Care of Fine Art published by Crown in 1981. His article about Martha Walter, an American Impressionist painter (1875-1976), was published in the American Art Review in May 1978 Mr.......
Author
Paul MacLean
Publisher
Infinity Publishing
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Trona to Austin: How Life Snuck Up on Me
Desert sands smoothed Paul s way into an unplanned life. His latching onto a sweetheart, plunging into college and raising a family en route to unexpected mid-life renewal is told with humor and grace......
Author
Dillan Kane
Publisher
AuthorHouse
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Thoughts: Life of a Suicide
The main intent of this book is for suicide prevention. It's story about my brother who committed suicide when he was sixteen and an assortment of suicides and attempts while working in the mental health system. One area of suicide prevention that is discussed is what happens to a suicidal person, if there was such a thing as an afterlife.......
Author
Mark Trombino
Publisher
Infinity Publishing
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Life is Short: Living and Losing the American Dream at 3-feet Tall
At three-feet tall, Mark Trombino and his wife Anu were the world s shortest parents, but they were living a big life. Then a car accident paralyzed Anu, leaving Mark as caretaker for his wife and two-year-old daughter. He soon faced an even bigger challenge grieving his wife s death and raising his daughter alone.......
Author
David W. Powell
Publisher
Modern History Press
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My Tour In Hell: A Marine's Battle with Combat Trauma (Reflections of History, Vol. 1)
David W. Powell enlisted for a tour of duty in April 1966 with the US Marines after receiving an imminent draft notice. Believing he would be able to leverage his existing skills as a computer programmer, he never thought all they would see on his resume was his Karate expertise.......
Author
Weldon Long
Publisher
Greenleaf Book Group Press
4 Review Copies Left
The Upside of Fear: How One Man Broke the Cycle of Prison, Poverty, and Addiction
Winner of the 2009 New York Book Festival's award in the Biography/Autobiography category
Runner-up for the 2009 Hollywood Book Festival's award in the Biography/Autobiography category
From the brutality of violent street crime to the compassion of a loving father for his son, this powerful memoir will take you from desperation to inspiration.......
Author
Deane N. Haerer
Publisher
Infinity Publishing
4 Review Copies Left
Growing Up American: A Journey of Discovery
GROWING UP AMERICAN A Journey Of Discovery . . . Is a fascinating story about one man s experiences growing up in America during the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War; and how he pursued his career during the turbulent 1960s and beyond......
Author
Paula Quinene
Publisher
Infinity Publishing
4 Review Copies Left
Remember Guam
Remember Guam is a collection of memories and recipes about the island of Guam. People from across the oceans and across the generations sent in their stories: World War II veterans, children of WWII veterans, current Guam residents, former Guam residents, visitors, etc.......
Author
Stephen Schettini
Publisher
Greenleaf Book Group Press
5 Review Copies Left
The Novice: Why I Became a Buddhist Monk, Why I Quit, and What I Learned
This book features an extraordinary quest for peace of mind. In this unforgettable memoir, a young man finds himself disillusioned by the conventional expectations of his parents, teachers, and culture.......
Author
Cynthia Clampitt
Publisher
BookSurge Publishing
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Waltzing Australia
Waltzing Australia was born out of a dream--and a journey. After walking away from her corporate career, Cynthia Clampitt headed to Australia, to start over, to write, and to test the limits of what she could do. Waltzing Australia recounts that joyous adventure. It is a story about change and about making dreams come true.......
Author
Douglas Wallace
Publisher
Greenleaf Book Group Press
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Everything Will Be All Right
Abused by an alcoholic, unemployed father, Doug Wallace and his seven siblings barely survived childhood--fleeing in the night from landlords, scrambling for food, and burning down the only home they ever owned to collect insurance money.......
Author
Bob Wahl
Publisher
Outskirts Press
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Contending With Horses
A Remarkable Life Story Filled with Hope, Faith and Determination
Before he was even retired, Bob Wahl had accomplished enough to fill several lifetimes. After leaving home with just $1.......
Author
James A. Feinstein
Publisher
iUniverse Star, Inc.
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Short White Coat: Lessons from Patients on Becoming a Doctor
Most people will, at some point or another, either find themselves dressed in a tiny hospital gown or staring at someone else dressed in a tiny hospital gown. Whether from the perspective of a patient, a family member, or a medical professional, we all have a significant stake in the process of medical education.......
Author
Emmett James
Publisher
FizzyPop
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Admit One: My Life in Film
Set in Croydon, South London, in the 1980s, Admit One details how self-deprecating writer Emmett James escaped from the pains of adolescence by going to the cinema. Through wry wit and observation, the writer reflects, obsesses, and rages about film and its correlation to our pasts.......
Author
Garry Prowe
Publisher
Brain Injury Success Books
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Successfully Surviving a Brain Injury: A Family Guidebook, From the Emergency Room to Selecting a Rehabilitation Facility
Someone you love has suffered a brain injury. The doctors can not yet make a prognosis. Every brain injury is unique and unpredictable, they say. You have been told to hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.......
Author
Lorilyn Roberts
Publisher
Virtualbookworm.com Publishing
5 Review Copies Left
Children of Dreams
Did someone or something take away your dreams? Do you feel like giving up? Are you without hope that things will ever be different? Children of Dreams will inspire you to believe in miracles. After reading this true account of how God "restored the years the locusts had eaten," you will know God brings redemption out of loss, hope out of despair, and j.......
Author
Catherine C. Brooks
Publisher
Infinity Publishing
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War Brought Trials and Anxiety at Home and Overseas
After Pearl Harbor, life in the United States changed for everyone. Brooks had access to the entire local and many daily newspaper clippings from 1942-1945. From these, she gleamed survivor’s stories—hair raising and emotional tales that tear at the heart. She gives details given by prisoners from both Germany and Japan.......
Author
Donald R Fletcher
Publisher
Outskirts Press
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Turnings: Lyric Poems Along a Road
One Man's Inspiring Journey of Vision and Service
Part memoir and part anthology-this book is a spiritual autobiography. Don describes in vivid scenes the road he has taken through a long life and the epiphanies that have come to him along the turnings of that road.......
Author
Gail Bernice Holland
Publisher
Modern History Press
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Love Each Day: Live Each Day So You Would Want to Live it Again
Are We Happy Yet?
We are used to psychologists, psychiatrists, and other "experts" offering advice about how to be happy and how to live a fulfilling life. Even though the books by these experts can be helpful, sometimes the best way to learn about life is from true stories.......
Author
Theodore Jerome Cohen
Publisher
AuthorHouse
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Frozen in Time: Murder at the Bottom of the World
The trail from a major theft at the Banco Central de Chile in Talcahuano following the Great Chilean Earthquake of May 22, 1960 leads to Base Bernardo O'Higgins, a wind- and snow-swept Chilean Army outpost on the North Antarctic Peninsula.......
Author
Colleen Kelli
Publisher
iUniverse
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Fire in the Hole: A Year in the Life of the World's Sorriest Stuntwoman
Fire in the Hole is the comically dramatic story of a thirty-something actress facing serious changes in her life while training to become a stuntwoman at a quirky western theme park. Over the course of a year, she divorces her lesbian partner of eight years and loses her sister to suicide.......
Author
Charles L Fields
Publisher
Outskirts Press
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Many Lands Many Hearts: More Than a Memoir
"When the stone speaks, I listen."
This is the guiding motto of sculptor, Charles L. Fields. When writing his memoir, Many Lands Many Hearts he employs the same inspiration and goes within himself to drawn upon a lifetime of varied careers and travel experiences.......
Author
Richard Noel Hill
Publisher
Gale Force Press
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Hitchhiking After Dark: Offbeat Stories from a Small Town
A wry and irreverent collection of stories, Hitchhiking After Dark offers a comical and sometimes ludicrous look at many of the thoroughly Midwestern aspects of small-town life. The stories are eccentric, at times outrageous, but always entertaining. This collection is both a celebration and a satire on growing up and working in small towns......
Author
David W. Powell
Publisher
Modern History Press
5 Review Copies Left
My Tour in Hell: A Marine's Battle with Combat Trauma (Reflections of History)
David W. Powell enlisted for a tour of duty in April 1966 with the US Marines after receiving an imminent draft notice. Believing he would be able to leverage his existing skills as a computer programmer, he never thought all they would see on his resume was his Karate expertise.......
