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A Candle Beneath My Bed: Betrayal
Price range: $3.99 through $14.99“On a very old winter night, Jacqueline (Jackie for short), was born to the proud parents of Ruth Green and Matt Jones,” and on this very cold winter night, the story begins.
In a small rural town in Savannah, Georgia lives the Jones family. At first glance, they appear to be a strong, faithful group, despite their almost constant struggle with poverty. It appeared that this family was netted together with love.
About a year after the birth of Jackie something happened that caused Ruth to be afraid to say anything. But, when she decided to talk all her fears became a reality. The love of her life, her fiancé Matt walked out on her. Falling into despair, she begins to wonder if she would be able to find the strength she needed to move forward.
A Candle Beneath My Bed is not merely a thread of a young girl’s earliest memories but it provides a heartwarming story that rekindles our faith in family and sheds new light on the things that matter most.
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A Hero’s Life
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99The story of a war hero who is faced with a choice between what he believes is moral on the one hand, and his job, his family and the security of his country on the other.
Steve Pritchard was a World War II fighter pilot hero who returned from England in 1945 to his home in Los Angeles. He was a double ace with twelve downed Messerschmitt ME-109’s to his credit. Steve had married his high school sweetheart, the prettiest girl in town, went to work at Western Aircraft Company, the largest aircraft company in Southern California and moved into a new home with swimming pool on the Palos Verdes peninsula. Steve and Ellen quickly had three children and settled down to a comfortable post-war life.
He earned a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering at UCLA night school and became his company’s chief troubleshooter. The company’s design team listened to his suggestions and respected his opinion. All was going well when he was assigned a special mission by the company president to investigate multiple crashes of the company’s new, supersonic fighter jet. It would be a simple task, one that he was sure he could solve in a few days.
But those few days turned into months of futile probing, political infighting, Air Force interference, threats on his life and lack of support from his company’s management as well as from his family. Using his experience in airplane design and applying his flying skills, could he finally identify the cause of the crashes? If he identifies the problem, should he reveal the faulty design and lose his job, his home, and his family, or cover up the problem, get the promotion for which he had been working, and continue to live a comfortable life? A man who had been hailed a hero just a few years before in World War II was now to find out what it really meant to lead a hero’s life.
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A Life Not Expected: But A Journey Worth Taking
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99Born in her grandparents’ bedroom on October 11, 1925, Violet Grayson says of her writing, “At the age of fourteen, I wrote a poem and a rather dismal short story. I sent the short story to Collier’s magazine, where it was immediately rejected. I redeemed my pride by later winning a school-wide essay contest at Cumberland High School and becoming an at-large reporter for our school paper, The Chronicle. As a senior, I was named literary editor of our yearbook. My English teacher, Mr. Skahan, suggested I switch to the college course since he saw me as scholarship material, but that was too much of a reach in those Great Depression years. After graduating in 1943, I worked in an office, married in 1949, and became a mother in 1950 and then a single parent in 1952. My writing would have to wait until January 1986 when, at the age of sixty, I launched my literary career.”
Violet has had twenty-four personal-experience stories, articles, how-to pieces, and short stories published. She also wrote a column for the Foxboro Reporter in her former home of Foxboro, Massachusetts. In California, since 1993, she contributed to “Two Cents,” an opinion column in the San Francisco Chronicle maintained by a pool of citizens. She is an active member and Secretary of Writers West of Alameda Inc.
This is her fourth book. The first, In the Village Lonsdale, was published in 2006. Her second, A Gossamer Cord, was published in 2011. Her third, Jeremy’s Cottage, was published in 2013.
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A Life Story of Heritage and Faith
Price range: $3.99 through $18.99A Life Story of
Heritage
and Faith
A Life Story of Heritage and Faith is a book of my life experiences of rural upbringing and as an internal medicine physician over a 40-year career. It is centered around my relationships with God and man: family, friends, patients, community; and my heritage and faith, through serial personal tragedies, and in working with others in the joys, trials and challenges of life.
Please come with me as I chronicle my humble beginnings through education and ministering to patients, friends, employees and many others. Let’s get started in 1955 on our farm on the day and occasion of my first remembrances and self-awareness.
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A Lyricist is Born
Price range: $3.99 through $24.99For more than twenty years, a dedicated lyricist has chased his dream of becoming a recognized artist, pouring his passion into every line and verse. However, as reality sets in like a sunset, he realizes that the bridge to success and greatness is long, challenging—and at times, seemingly impossible.
This memoir reflects on the struggles, setbacks, and quiet moments of doubt that shaped his journey, revealing the resilience needed to keep creating when the dream feels out of reach. More than a personal story, it serves as a reminder to artists and dreamers everywhere that greatness requires consistency, patience, and unwavering perseverance—even when the finish line seems distant.
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A Toy Black Soldiers Story
Price range: $3.99 through $8.99The Author grew up in a two-parent home on the northside of Chicago in an area known as Cabrini Green Projects. His parents gave birth to 10 children. Four brothers and five sisters. Willis is the oldest child.
My father served in Manila Philippines under General Wainright. He distinguished himself on rescue missions of American prisoners and special assignments during the ongoing battles against the Japanese in the Philippine Island 3 years hand to hand combat with the Japanese. He returned home and married the author’s mother who was an elementary school teacher and a missionary. He was a military police and after the war in 1959, became a Chicago Policeman. He was an American hero.
The author was unable to afford college and decided to volunteer for military service with plans to enter college upon completion of military obligations. This landed him in the middle of the Vietnam Era War at a place called Phan Rang Vietnam from 1968-1969 where he served as a medical corpsman.
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A Young Man’s Dream / An Old Man’s Reality
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99This is a day to day journal about the 5000 miles boat trip known as “The Loop or “The Great Circle”. A young man’s dream of doing this trip after reading a book about it. After working on the sailboat, it was ready to make the trip. There was some hair-raising experience and a lot of fun times spent as we grew closer as a couple. There is a lot of history and beauty on the water to experience. I would encourage everyone to follow their dreams whatever it might be.
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Abundant Blessings From My 60 Years of Ministering
Price range: $3.99 through $21.99This book share over 60 years of my ministry in four churches and traveling ministry of 20 years. It is also a look into my 90 years of life which should teach some wisdom as Job 32:7 says. There are many seeds to be sown into your life from these pages which I hope will bring forth good fruit into your life like I have experienced. There will be treasures that will surprise you and bless you.
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Adolf Hitler’s Ghost
Price range: $3.99 through $9.99Elizabeth Maria was born in Vienna, Austria, just before Adolf Hitler occupied Austria. She then became a German citizen, and her father was drafted into the German Army to fight for Mr. Hitler in Russia. He had opposed Adolf Hitler openly and first lost his job at the University of Vienna and then was sent to Russia. Miraculously he survived Stalingrad and five years in Russian Prison Camps. Elizabeth, her sister, and Mother spent most of the War in small villages to get away from the constant bombing raids on the big cities. After the War she could go back to Vienna and attend high school there. During the 6th grade of high school, she received an AFS Scholarship to the USA and spent one year in Erie, Pennsylvania, with an American family. After graduating from Medical School, she did a residency in Pathology. As a result of some lucky circumstances, she was invited by Stanford University, CA, on a fellowship in Pathology. She fell in love with California and decided to stay there, she continued her residency at the Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. After she could afford to buy a nice house in Los Angeles, she brought her three children to America. She stayed in LA until her retirement at the age of 66 years and moved to Santa Fe, NM, where she became a painter with the help of the Community College in Santa Fe. She now lives in Albuquerque, NM, and works as a professional painter.
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Allon Ti Biag: Walo A Dekada A Panagdaliasat
Price range: $3.99 through $24.99Tubo ti San Juan (Lapog), Ilocos Sur, Philippines, impatarus ni LGT Ti Libro ni Mormon, Ti Doktrina ken Katulagan, Ti Perlas a Kapatgan ken dadduma pay a pagbasaan ti The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Isu pay ti nagipatarus iti Iluko kadagiti mensahe dagiti General Authorities iti uneg ti 1998-2020, ken maysa kadagiti agin-interpret kadagiti mensahe dagiti dadaulo ti nasao a simbaan iti mamindua iti makatawen a Sapasap a Komperensiada. Adu ti nagsasaadanna iti nasao a simbaan, a pakaibilangan ti Stake President ti Marikina Philippines Stake, Sealer iti Manila Philippines Temple ken Jordan River Utah Temple. Sangapulo-ket-lima ti nasuratna a nobela, adu a sarita, daniw, ken salaysay ti naipablaak iti Bannawag, Rimat, TMI Journal, Asia Philippines Leader, Philippines Inquirer ti California; immawat iti nadumaduma a gunggona a pakairamanan ti UMPIL Award a kangatuan a maited iti mannurat a Filipino, Pedro Bucaneg Award a kangatuan a maited iti mannurat nga Ilokano, Palanca, ETTI, GRAAFIL, RFAAFIL, ken dadduma pay. Naipaayan iti Lifetime membership ti GUMIL Metro Manila gapu iti panagpresidentena iti gunglo. Binukelda kada Aurelio Solver Agcaoili, PHD, ken dagidi Sinamar A. Robianes Tabin, T. Gabriel Tugade, ken Cristino I. Inay, Sr. ti TMI Global (Guild of Ilocano Writers Global). Nagturpos iti AB Journalism idiay Manuel L. Quezon University ken MA Literature idiay University of the Philippines Diliman. Immuna a librona ti Pakpakawan, Berde! ken 21 a Sarita. Nagbuliganda iti daydi kaingungotna a Sinamar dagiti libroda a Woven Strands of Roses/Naabel a Linabag ti Rosas, a nakaurnongan dagiti suransuratda, ken Wellspring of Foresight/Ubbog ti Sirmata, a nakaurnongan dagiti 32 a napili a saritada. Insarunona nga inlibro ti Behold, I Am, Jesus Crisostomo: Playwright/Adtoy, Siak, ni Jesus Crisostomo: Dramaturgo, a nangabak iti pasalip ti ETTI iti nobela. Naaddaanda iti pito a bunga: Lorimar*, Loumarie Linglingay, Arvin Salaknib*, Lorenzo II, Naomi, Sinamar II, ken Marlo Bagnos. Agindeg iti 4491 West 3500 South Apt. C-4 West Valley City, Utah 84120 USA
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Aloha Nui Loa: A Pineapple Plantation Story
Price range: $3.99 through $24.99It was going to be a great summer on O’ahu, enjoying, working, a part timr job, while relishing time off from college life on Maui. Yet culinary student Eden Andres didn’t foresee that her return to her beloved plantation home, after two years away at school, would change the direction of her life. In Aloha Nui Loa, local girl Eden Andres Meets Ben Alexander. She is the daughter of the union representative, and he is the son of the chief stockholder of the corporation which owns the pineapple plantation where her father is employed. They couldn’t be more contrasting in their backgrounds and lifestyles. But frequent encounters cause sparks to fly, and with more lengthy time spent together, love blossoms.
As their relationship deepens, Eden and Ben must face what seem like insurmountable obstacles to their happiness. Ben has ghosts from his past that will challenge the trust and respect they have for each other. It will take a steadfast belief in their love to weather the impending storm in their paths. Will love conquer all?
Aloha Nui Loa paints an accurate and insight picture of pineapple plantation living in Hawaii in the mid to late 1900s. Manu details are provided that could only be known to someone who lived them. This is part pf the real Hawaii, and you’ll be grateful to have an inside view.
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An Angel is Born: A Family’s Story
Price range: $3.99 through $24.95It would be impossible to keep track of all the people that we encounter during the course of a lifetime; however, the few that affect and change us forever could be counted on the fingers of one hand. There are people such as those depicted within this book. There are a lot of people whose stories are told here: their lives, their times, and their fate, but there was one who changed everyone around her without ever trying. An Angel is born spans the course of nearly seven decades, and looks back at a time when things were simpler yet not always better.
If you are nostalgic you’ll reminisce, if you are a parent you will appreciate, if you are spiritual you will be sustained, and if you have a heart you will be forever moved. Their lives, their world, their future lay before them sweet and dying… Angel’s parents sat at her bedside holding her hand and whispering sacred words of encouragement with agonizing thoughts of farewell. Then a voice from the Holy Firmaments of heaven spoke to them saying, ”You are now separated…”
…a story about how generations shaped by the unique demands of Appalachia helped one kid to thrive against all odds.
An Angel Is Born is much more than a story about the life and death of an amazing girl with special needs. Nostalgic, honest, and moving, this is a contemplative history of how every life–and every death–adds its own thread to the tapestry of a family and community.
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An Obscure Life
Price range: $3.99 through $9.99Also, by writing this it has become a therapeutic tool for myself to step back and reflect on the struggles and triumphs in my life and, overcome and deal with the bad within. The book’s title can be used as a verb or adjective. I use it as an adjective as in vague or unknown. So please do not judge me harshly and enjoy the story of An Obscure Life.
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An Ordinary yet extraordinary life
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99The Lord of Heaven has been my guide and helper throughout my life and ministry. I consider myself an ordinary human being but believe that God has continually guided my life in very wonderful and extraordinary ways.
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Angels I Have Seen
Price range: $3.99 through $27.99Marcia begins the book “Angels I Have Seen” by explaining, first, how her mystical gift of prophecy, seeing and hearing the things of the spirit, developed. She spent 25 years listening to the Spirit and automaticallywriting what she heard. The gift strengthened as she prayed and listened to the Spirit for people in staff meetings and at healing prayer services.
The second part of the book includes paintings of some of the angels she saw and painted and what the paintings mean.
Enjoy the angel paintings and see what they mean to you. Notice how strong and vibrant the angels are. Close your eyes to imagine what your angels may appear to be.
Marcia has been married to her husband, Ken, for over 41 years and lives in Leawood, Kansas. Ken and Marcia have two grown daughters and three grandchildren.
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Annabelle’s Baby
Price range: $3.99 through $19.99Seventeen-year-old Annabelle is going to have a baby by a boy who wants no part of it, or her. Unwed and pregnant – the worst catastrophe to befall a middle class, Catholic girl in the 1960’s. Desperate to hide their daughter’s condition from friends and neighbors, her parents send her to live with strangers. When Annabelle gives birth to a boy, her father, a man who has sired three girls but yearns for a son, decides that he and his wife will raise the child as their own. He forces Annabelle to pretend to be the baby’s sister.
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Around the World in Eighty Years
Price range: $3.99 through $17.99In Around the World in Eighty Years, Sabine Joyce outlines her adventures she’s had while traveling: run-ins with Komodo dragons, tarantulas invading the tent, riding a brahma bull in Cuba, almost losing a leg stepping on a scorpion, and meeting Mr. Lucky, a mountain silverback gorilla, in Rwanda. Join Joyce in her adventures as she swims with manatees in faraway places, and discover the vast beauty of the world.
Sabine Joyce craves adventure and so she is traveling the world forever. The world is forever changing, and Joyce wants to see it all.
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Ash! From the May 18, 1980, explosion of Mount St. Helens
$14.99Five-year-old Charissa is looking forward to a fishing trip with Grandpa and the rest of the family, but a huge storm appears to be brewing on the horizon much to her dismay. The weather event is a complete surprise and one they are not likely to ever experience again. Ash falling from the sky. Ash that turns day to night. Ash that needs shoveling as one would shovel snow. It is 1980, and the volcano, Mount Saint Helens in Washington State, has erupted, spreading tons of ash thousands of miles. Ash! is a true story of the impact the massive ash fallout had on the author’s family who lived directly in line with the fallout zone.
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Balkymor: The “Talipes” Effect
Price range: $3.99 through $16.99In 1997, a baby girl named Kelly was born in Sarnia, Ontario with two club feet. While still a baby, she went to the Montreal Shriner’s Hospital for twenty-three visits in eight months to surgically correct her condition. By the time she was six, she was running around freely.
Her Scottish grandfather had been born in 1938 with a left club foot. Knowing what his granddaughter faced through many medical procedures at a very young age, he collected together his writings about his life from early childhood through to a long and successful career and many international travels.
Told with love and humour, Balkymor follows the author through his childhood in Scotland during World War II, his youth, falling in love, marrying and moving them to Canada with no job prospects, little money and as much optimism as they could muster.
Balkymor is a heart-warming memoir of humour, strength, courage and faith in the face of pain, and a rapidly-changing world. It is about overcoming adversity with determination and resolve. It is also a story of love, family and adventure that will have you cheering for the Currie family.
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Bear Stories
Price range: $3.99 through $15.99“Bear Stories” is a collection of seventy-seven tales that are designed to be humorous while still speaking to larger issues and truths. This is a rich, multi-faceted manuscript that is designed to appeal to readers of all ages. Among his “Bear Stories,” Shaffer delivers the unknown biography of Smokey the Bear, he celebrates the cleverness of Wilbear and Orville Bear as they take to the skies, and he reveals how the assistance of a bear helped result in the invention of the light bulb. He tells the “true” story of the history of the home run – a bear named Homer who walloped the ball in every at-bat – as well as that of the discovery of electricity (by Bear Franklin), and the telephone (by Alexander Graham Bear).
In addition to his more creative stories (such as the aforementioned), Shaffer’s manuscript also draws its inspiration from current situations, as in “Bears in the City,” which is based on a headline seen to that effect. His stories capture the nature and setting of the Old West, small-town America, Nazi Germany, and Roaring Twenties’ Hollywood; in some ways, therefore, his work could help introduce young readers to certain periods and events in history.
Shaffer’s use of language is both enjoyable and humorous. In addition, his delightfully self-deprecating tone may appeal to readers. The rhyme and meter utilized throughout the manuscript help to move it forward effectively, while Shaffer’s use of personification is nothing short of masterful, and may further endear him to readers, both young and old. Ultimately, his work is a fun, smart collection that could have a wide appeal.
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Before Dawn: A Time of Testing, Humbling, Suffering, and Sacrificing
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Beyond the Breakpoint: How I Survived As A Young Widow And Returned To Joy
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Big Bunches At The Jam Factory: We Are Only Dead If We Are Forgotten
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99The early 1980s witnessed the rise of a devastating disease that would kill millions worldwide, including thousands of young gay men; what would become known as the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In those dark days, Keith Paulusse transformed his South Yarra flower shop, Big Bunches, into a pioneering refuge and community for young gay men, their loved ones and families.
Paulusse promised his friends that their journeys would not soon be forgotten. Big Bunches at the Jam Factory is their tale, a chronicle of the personalities and events that made Big Bunches a vibrant hub of community activism, spirit, and perseverance. It is also a tale of Paulusse’s own travels, both physically and emotionally, from San Francisco in the heady days of the HIV/AIDS crisis, to the bedsides of dying friends back in Melbourne.
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Big Mama Said: You Will Understand It Better By & By
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Godly wisdom and great motherly council flourished in southern households. Many of which had more than one mother living in the same house. So the senior mother was usually called “Big Mama.” Bluefield, West Virginia had an exceptional big mama that everyone loved, respected, and listened to when in need of Godly advice. This book is a compilation of a tidbit of wisdom shared through stories told by my big mama to give spiritual direction to a child.
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Blackout and Poetry
Price range: $3.99 through $8.99I was born in a Harlem Hospital raised in Hell’s Kitchen. I ran the streets of Harlem New York, and my public school was in Harlem, also in Hell’s Kitchen. Thanks to my sister for giving me the inspiration to write my story. I began writing poetry in 1995 and life was hard, looking back; God has blessed me, and I have seen a lot in my lifetime. I have tried to better my life and tried helping others on the way. I went to Manhattan Bible Institute of New York for about a year. I graduated 1987 as an Evangelist then I moved to Hudson, New York. I joined State Street A.M.E. Zion Church and under the leadership of my Pastor, for about 3 years of studying, I had to travel from Hudson to New York and to other churches for my class. I moved to Poughkeepsie, NY and I joined Smith Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion church, and I was ordain on 6-13-98 under the leadership of my pastor, I learned a lot. I have always dreamed of becoming a writer. This is the first book and poetry and I pray it won’t be my last. May God bless you and may it bring you hope.
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Bobby Takes The Train
Price range: $3.99 through $15.99A young boy and his family decide to travel by train to visit their family. The boy experiences some of the interesting sights, sounds and fun of travelling by train.
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BOKI
Price range: $3.99 through $17.99I COME TO YOU AS I AM,
A MAN,
I AM WHO I AM!
LOVE ME! HATE ME,
DON’T MISUNDERSTAND ME,
I AM WHO I AM!
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY,
I’M A GOOD FRIEND!
I AM WHO I AM!
A MAN!
I COULD BE THAT LOVER YOU NEVER HAD,
A MAN FOR RIGHT, A MAN NOT
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BOSNIA NEEDS TO BE PASSED: Aporias of Elijah of Thunder
Price range: $3.99 through $15.99Individuals, communities, peoples, nations, states, and the society in the Western Balkans. Their mutual relations and influences, as well as relations with neighboring societies and Europe as a whole. Review and reflect on historical conflicts that have taken place in the Western Balkans and the relationship and influence of Europe against these conflicts. Reflection of these wars on the lives of individuals,
the state, and the entire society in the Western Balkans. Encourage thinking by asking questions. Who needs to learn from? Western Balkans from Europe or Europe from the Western Balkans?
The book describes the real personality and actual events.
A register of personal names is given, which served as an inspiration for writing a book, with some of these names being given a literary, symbolic name to get the book’s literary character. Other names were left in the original.
The river Bosnia and the Source of river Bosnia are a source of life that does not dry in the center of the Western Balkan … the world and the pearl… the treasure in which we should dive…
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Bring Back Summertime
Price range: $12.99 through $26.99When Jeanne Starr Gater picks up the phone one morning, she receives the shock of her life. Her strong, robust, athletic husband, Dr. Julius Gater, is in the hospital! — comatose, suffering from a stroke, broken bones … Dr. “J” IS DYING!! A car accident that morning has left her husband unconscious, though still alive and hanging on for dear life! ..And it had been a good life — full of sunshine! Why this! .. Dear GOD! … Why this?! She knows she must get to him — and fast! They had come through too much together. If she gets to the hospital in time, they will come through this awful thing too But she needs all her resources now. In her inner spirit, she petitions her God for mercy and compassion and strength to bring Dr. ‘J” back from near death. Next, over time, she contacts her family and friends for their positive thoughts and prayers. She begins her long hard journey to “BRING BACK SUMMERTIME.” Thus begins the remarkable true story of one woman’s courage and faith in the face of the bitterest of odds, and one man’s miraculous recovery despite doctor’s dire predictions. Family, and friends, new and old gather round to offer support, faith, and love, as the Gaters’ begin their trek back to a normal life. They encounter incredible (and numerous) obstacles from resistant medical personnel and uncooperative rehabilitation staff to other family misfortunes. Their very survival as a family depends on their determination to hold fast to their hopes and faith. BRING BACK SUMMERTIME is a soul searching story of a family’s struggle for the restoration of physical strength, grace, and human dignity. A story that portrays the power and strength of human bonding, prayer and the belief in the power of God to sustain and revive. This family somehow does not allow itself to be thrown even by this devastating accident. They continue their noteworthy accomplishments, as they struggle to deal with the prolonged recovery of Dr. “J”. Their story is truly an inspiration to all.
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Captain Jack Goes North To Alaska
Price range: $3.99 through $13.99Captain Jack is an old geezer who creates the life he hopes to live before he dies. He is generous to a fault, bribes his family, his employees and their proposed marriage partners to go north, convert to Christianity, and join and eventually own his newly acquired business shipping freight among the islands of Alaska. He is a successful author, an accomplished craftsman, a builder and a man whose hard work, courage, generosity and greatly inflated self-image impacts an Indian village, a town, assorted small businesses and three generations of his family. With plenty of time to spare before he kicks it, the bucket is emptied.
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CARMI’S LOVE STORY: How Ted and Ruth Ann Made the Word Marriage, “Extraordinary”
Price range: $12.99 through $18.99THE GIST OF THE STORY
This is not a story about a movie star, a famous politician, or a corporate billionaire. It’s a narrative of the lives of two “normal” kids in a small town and how they fell in love and then overcame overwhelming odds to be an example for all of us of what true love and commitment to each other look like.
-Ryan Jorstad
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After graduating from Illinois with a degree in physical education, my first teaching job was in the Dixon school system. I was also the new basketball coach. The school was in the northwest corner of Illinois, not far from the Wisconsin border. Some people in the area knew of my being with the Milwaukee Braves (a very short stint in the summer of 1958), which led to invitations to speak at some high school athletic banquets in the area. It was very surprising that after some of those speaking engagements, someone would tell me, “Coach, you ought to be a minister.” I never thought much of that comment the first or second time I heard it. But it kept happening. After the fourth time, I told my roommate, who happened to also be a new teacher at Amboy and an assistant football coach. He said, “I feel the same way. You ought to be a minister. You would be a damn good one, too.” This past June, I completed my sixtieth year in the ministry as a pastor in the United Methodist Church.
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Code Koral
Price range: $3.99 through $16.99Code Koral takes you inside secret operations of the intelligence worlds of the 1970s in both the United States and Russia where both balance on the edge of perestroika. There is a new world order waiting in the wings. Ironically, it is the would-be defecting Wings of the Soviet ice hockey team on center stage. The players become like puppets and the double-dealing puppet-masters vie for who can pull the strings. Careers, consciences and lives are on Red Alert. When the reward for loyalty is betrayal, freedom itself is in danger of being put on ice.
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Coffee With Jesus
Price range: $4.99 through $14.99This book is full of short stories containing common sense, knowledge, adventure and humor. These are all true stories of life’s experiences, growing up in a small Indiana town along the Ohio River from the 1950s until now. Open this book and read any story that tickles your fancy. I guarantee you will learn many things from these stories. If after reading one story and you don’t feel this book is for you, well then, you have read the wrong story!!
You will find this book is designed for all age groups and is very easy and entertaining reading.
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Confessions of A Gynecologist
Price range: $3.99 through $16.99Dr. Dresden leaves no stone unturned as he navigates through the exciting world of the development and practice of an obstetrician and gynecologist. From start to finish, his story is wrought with startling revelations and shocking exposes. His journey uncovers the needs, hopes, anticipations and expectations of men who choose to become physicians and, later on, obstetricians and gynecologists. He deals, without evasion, with the compromises that must be made in a physician’s personal life in order to first learn and then practice his chosen profession. He explores, in stark detail, the life experiences that motivate men to strive to serve women’s medical needs. He uncovers the self-serving and abusive nature of medical training and the resultant waste, inefficiency and danger. He confronts the flaws and dangers in the medical delivery system that threaten our expectation of quality medical care. He exposes the rot, self-interest and hypocrisy that pervade the political power structure of hospitals and medical societies. Lastly, he uncovers the power that drug companies can exert to control the pricing and delivery of pharmaceuticals and concomitantly keep physicians in line. The task is monumental and the author has met the challenge.
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Dad Only Tried To Shoot Me Twice
Price range: $3.99 through $17.99To save Dad’s business and control his drinking were the doubly impossible tasks I was burdened with.
The effects of alcoholism tore my family apart. I was shocked by his alcohol consumption. The longer he drank, the less responsible he became.
Facing Dad, with his gun aimed at me, are images I will never forget.
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Daniel Seven: The Beginning and the Ending of All Times as We Know It
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Decisions Matter: Ninety-Three Years of Experiences, Surprises, and Joys Beginning in Poverty on a Primitive Pioneer Farm: Ninety-Three Years of Experiences, Surprises, and Joys Beginning in Poverty on a Primitive Pioneer Farm
Price range: $3.99 through $19.99THE FIRST NINETY-THREE YEARS!
This is a true and inspiring story of one woman’s quest not only to survive against the formidable odds of her pioneer beginnings but to rise to relative prosperity and is looking forward to the day when she will meet her Savior! She shares her life learnings and adventures, including:
- How she rose from great poverty as a pioneer as an orphan at a young age in extreme backward condition during the great depression in Northern Saskatchewan to relative prosperity and very comfortable retirement years.
- How a child of Canadian immigrants became a successful citizen of both Canada and the United States.
- Why she switched from being a Roman Catholic to becoming a Protestant.
- How she struggled, having married a devout Christian who became an ardent agnostic believing principally in reason; and finally, after fifteen years, returning to his faith.
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“All future generations should read this si they understand how difficult life can be and how one may overcome those difficulties. I can’t wait to read the finished book. I am so proud of you, especially having written this at age ninety-three.”
“I thank you for writing this slice of North American history. Quite thrilling.”
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Deliverance from Evil: Sinner to Saint
Price range: $3.99 through $9.99By the time Arthur reached the age of thirty-five, he had been a certified general mechanic, veteran, traveling musician, song writer, music producer, major club owner, alcoholic, heavy drug abuser, and kingpin dealer. The latter literally cost him his life! A year or so before his death, he had asked Satan for fame and fortune for the exchange of his soul! But his life’s story did not end with death. You see, Jesus got involved and raised him from the dead! WARNING! THIS BOOK CONTAINS DOCUMENTED DEMONIC EMBATT LEMENT, ENCOUNTER, INVOLVEMENT, AND WARFARE! With that being said, and you are not afraid, then come along with me and see the dramatizing, mesmerizing, and horrifying life events of Arthur. This book is based on a true story.
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Diary of a Baby Boomer
Price range: $9.00 through $15.00Diary of a Baby Boomer follows the extraordinary life of ordinary man John Albert Buchness. Buchness chronicles his journey from childhood to adulthood through the series of cities he has called home throughout his life. Living between the United States and Europe, his fascinating tale is filled with adventure, romance, heartbreak, partying, art, and music. Ending with a series of poems from reflections throughout his life, Buchness provides an insightful look at life and what we can make of it.
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Diary of a Caregiver: The Dementia Journey
Price range: $3.99 through $12.99In 2009 my wife of over 59 years was diagnosed with Dementia with Alzheimer’s symptoms. My care giving responsibilities began before that time and
continued until her death in January 2018. She was provided care in her own home. As time went by the caregiver duties became more and more demanding. It was truly 24 hours each day and seven days each week. My Sweetheart was referred to the hospice program as a patient beginning in March 2013 with a life expectancy of six months or less. At the time of her passing, she had been a hospice patient for 4 years, 10 months and 5 days. The Diary of a Caregiver begins with her entry into the hospice program and continues until her death. Care giving can be very frustrating at times as one never knows what to expect or when to expect it. The Diary of a Caregiver identifies many of the problems and frustrations associated with care of a Dementia patient. It also identifies different techniques and solutions to some of those problems. It should be of interest to anyone who is involved in care giving especially those who are just beginning.
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Die Freude des Treuen und Freudigen Gebens: Wunderbare Grundsätze zum Annehmen
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99„Wenn Du daran denkst, dem Herrn etwas zu geben, fühlst Du Dich dann belastet? Oder erfreust Du Dich an den erstaunlichen Möglichkeiten, die sich bieten, wenn Du Deine Mittel ihm anvertraust?
Mit den biblischen Geheimnissen des Gebens, die Vincent Nwankpa in diesem wunderbaren kleinen Buch enthüllt, wirst Du entdecken, dass das Geben an den Herrn und an andere ein Weg zu Freude und Sieg ist, den Du noch nie gekannt hast. Wenn Du diese Grundsätze in die Tat umsetzt, wird das nicht nur Dein Helfen verändern, sondern auch Deinen Weg mit Gott für den Rest deines Lebens!”Von Jack Littlefield
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Don’t Quit, Don’t Cry!
Price range: $3.99 through $25.99Don’t Quit! Don’t Cry! is a Canadian’s gripping life story.
August 1967: Canada celebrates its centennial; Jacques R. Roy studies African history and Kiswahili in Montréal. With a deep sense of justice, freedom, and liberty, Jacques joins CUSO as a teacher and leaves for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Jacques meets Dr. Agostinho Neto, President and Founder of the MPLA (People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola). Dr. Neto needs radio links. Jacques can solve this problem. All of this will require complete secrecy.
April 1968: Dr. Neto invites Jacques to the eastern Angolan front. He likes the radio results and sends Roy to mobilize Canadian public opinion.
• 1970: South Africa’s ANC external leaders Hani and Mbeki ask Jacques to create a spy unit. Cover: a love story with missions worthy of James Bond and Indiana Jones.
• 1974: Jacques brings Dr. Neto to Ottawa’s parliamentary committee. Dr. Neto asks for liberation for six nations from minority rule.
• November 11, 1975: Independence. CIA steps in.
• 1998: Unstoppable, Roy goes back to Angola. Mission: Stop the civil war. The plan: Follow the blood diamonds.
• Results: Canada’s UN Ambassador Robert Fowler visits Africa, writes the Fowler Report. The UN imposes sanctions and blood diamond funds dry up.
• April 2002: civil war ends.
• 2008: Veterans of Angola Liberation (LIVEGA) induct Jacques Roy, card number 00A.
WE… RECOGNIZE JACQUES ROY… A DIPLOMAT, AN EDUCATOR A PRACTICAL MAN, SENSITIVE, WOLRD VISION, INTERNATIONALIST… JACQUES IS OUR FRIEND AND ALWAYS WELCOMED IN ANGOLA AGOSTINHO NETO PRESIDENT REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA 1975
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Driven By The Spirit
Price range: $3.99 through $15.99When we think of ourselves as children of God, we tend to imagine ourselves as small children, dependent and trusting. A better analogy would be to think of ourselves as adolescents. Anyone who has raised a child to adulthood can understand the dilemma of wanting our children to become independent, successful members of society, but realizing as they make their way in the world they will make mistakes. They will get hurt. God did not create us as robots programmed for total obedience. He knows that we will make poor choices as we grow. We will face trials and we will, at times, question His love for us. Just as the parent of an adolescent, God wants us to come to Him for advice, consolation and love. He wants us to remember all He has taught us, all He has done for us, and how much He loves us. He wants our love and devotion in spite of the hardships we face or successes we achieve. When I think about those who don’t believe they need God in their lives, it brings to mind the lonely widow who sits in her home day after day, hoping for the moment when her child will call or come to see her. Some never will. How sad is that!
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El Andar De Una Doncella Con Su Amado
Price range: $3.99 through $14.99“Por favor oren por nosotras, hemos sido chocadas por una camioneta.” Era de mi hija Kristi. Lo recibí mientras iba entrando al Wal-Mart en Canyon City, Colorado, en donde estuve esperando a que llegara Raquel. Habíamos planeado ayudar a Asher y Teresa y su familia a pre-pararse para su boda en tan solamente cuatro días. Sin embargo, de la nada llegó la monstruosa pickup Dodge chocando contra la puerta del chofer y el cuerpo delicado de mi esposa.
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El Júbilo de Dar Fiel y Alegremente: Principios Maravillosos Que Debemos Adoptar
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99“Cuando piensas en dar al Señor, ¿te sientes agobiado? ¿O te entusiasman las increíbles oportunidades que se abrirán cuando entregues tus recursos a Su control?
En este maravilloso libro, Vincent Nwankpa desvela secretos bíblicos sobre el dar que te mostrarán cómo dar al Señor y a los demás es un camino hacia la alegría y la victoria que nunca antes habías conocido. Poner en práctica estos principios no solo transformará tu forma de dar, ¡sino también tu caminar con Dios por el resto de tu vida!”por Jack Littlefield
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Embrace Ennobling Experiences: Thoughts on The Verities Of Life – A Personal Journey
Price range: $3.99 through $11.99In every life there are those milestones that are transformative for our souls such as baptism, receiving saving ordinances and marriage in one of God’s temples, and certainly the birth of children.
I want to share with you some experiences that have changed how I think, feel, and who I am. These are not the regular milestones of life, as important as they are. These are less visible experiences, but I see in them the Hand of the Lord providing education and blessings that may be unique in their impact on me, as they would be for each person. However, they are vital to our spiritual wellbeing and progress in mortality.
God does not perform inconsequential works. I have come to know them as ENNOBLING. -
Escaping Tragedy: The Power To Forgive
Price range: $3.99 through $10.99Escaping Tragedy: The Power to Forgive highlights the gruesome generational curse that thrust the Evans family into tragedy after tragedy until the power of forgiveness was discovered and applied against the dark, merciless familiar spirit. Now the family is slowly healing, yet the road ahead is long.