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The Trials and Tribulations of Tin Can Lizzie: Stories She told about Her Life, Her Family, and Her Escape To Freedom and Eternal Happiness as They Learned to Overcome Their Trials and Tribulations Through Christ Jesus
$3.99 – $39.99When Elizabeth Seither went into her doctor’s office in June 2020, she suffered a mild stroke and was taken to a nearby hospital. While in the hospital and upon a complete physical examination, the doctors learned that she needed a relatively routine colonoscopy, even at age 80. Th is book tells the story of what happened while Liz was in the hospital during the COVID-19 CRISIS and the promise she elicited from her younger sister, Rita, asking her to write a book on her and her family’s lives.
Since no visitors were allowed during this crisis, these two sisters had TIME to talk extensively on the phone over five days. Liz had difficulty concentrating and was very nervous because she was waiting for this procedure to be completed before returning home. However, the two sisters had many phone conversations in which Liz opened up the doors and windows of her entire life!
From their humble beginnings in Cleveland, Ohio, Liz and her four siblings, Dorothy, Victor, Rita, and Richard, faced numerous hardships. However, their shared resilience and determination led them to successful and fulfilling lives, a testament to the power of perseverance…
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The Life of a European-American Ingrained in New York
$39.99• Hall of famer in Civil Engineering • Laureate Elite Emeritus Mr. Siegfried Wyner B.S,M.S,C.E • Renowed, Noted, Pre-Eminent, Pivotal Figure, • Enormously, Deeply and Broadly Infl uential • Most Skillful And Important Engineer • Professor Emeritus • Member of The New York Academy of Science
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Like The Moon, Mr. Purple
$3.99 – $39.99God creates the human families and grants them the ability to weave stories of their own existence. The Morada Clan of Bicol, therefore, as any family in the world, cannot claim a monopoly on life’s blessings and crucibles. But let me tell our peculiar stories just the same.
We are neither perfect, nor are our stories grandiose, but it’s our imperfections and their simplicity that make our stories more compelling and relatable. Even before the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, we told ourselves that someone had got to narrate them, or they could lapse and fade into insignificance and oblivion. That’s how and why my role came into being.
At work in Texas, they called me Mr. Purple. from an obscure corner of the Third World came this educator with his bio, love affair, work exploits, bittersweet memoir, and family history replete with actual events and genuine people, rolled into one. With the pandemic as standpoint, here is a look-back at the itsy-bitsy events that form the collective tale of my family and me – and my pursuit of the American Dream.
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Just Passing Through: A German-American Family Saga – Revised Edition
$3.99 – $29.99In this updated and revised edition of Just Passing Through: A German American Family Saga, first published in 2011, the author tells the story of several generations of his unique but dysfunctional family spanning over a hundred years including the two world wars. Peter Zell was eight years old when World War II ended and in a prologue entitled A German – American Childhood recounts his boyhood experiences that included the apocalyptic firebombing of his hometown of Stuttgart by the western Allies, the postwar occupation of Germany, and his family’s emigration to America. The book centers on the author’s mother, whom her children called Mutti, and her ordeal during the Nazi era for having been married to a Jew, the son of prosperous Frankfurt business owners, with whom she had two children. With anti-Semitism on the rise in Germany, her husband decided to emigrate to America but Mutti chose to remain behind to take care of her ailing father. The couple had an amicable divorce and while her ex-husband
took their son with him, their daughter remained with Mutti in Germany. Under the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, mother and daughter now found themselves classified as non-Aryans which meant that Mutti could not remarry while their teenage daughter, being half Jewish, was put in dire jeopardy of her life. At this point Mutti’s older brother, himself a dedicated National Socialist, proposed an unconventional solution that ensured her survival. Following his advice, Mutti had more children, fathered by so-called Aryans, who were eventually all brought to America. The book follows the lives of the five siblings, all half-brothers and half-sisters, and their difficult relationships with each other as each sought to achieve his or her version of the American Dream.
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Glory Days: Tales of a North Shore Dangerboy
$3.99 – $28.99Glory Days recounts the hijinks of a North Shore Dangerboy growing up in the sixties and seventies. From childhood innocence through teenage rambunctiousness and into a fun-loving adulthood, Terrill shares exciting tales that will have you laughing one moment and crying another. An honest portrayal of a journey not dissimilar to your own.
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Angels I Have Seen
$3.99 – $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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God Shall Wipe Away All Tears: A Mother’s Journal of Caregiving, Tragedy, and Hope
$3.99 – $27.99“God Shall Wipe Away All Tears is a fascinating look into the life of a courageous woman who suffered unimaginable personal tragedies. Readers will find insight, inspiration and strength from Colleen’s faith-based perspective on confronting difficult life problems. To those who have a loved one with an immunodeficiency, her story will show that you are not alone. Her non-sense chronology sheds light on very rare medical condition.”
–Ulrike Ziegner, M.D., PhD., Allergist/Immunologist
“Thank you for your wonderful book! Your insight into life and death, and your terrible experiences from which you have learned patience and understanding, will help us all to become better people.”
–Paula Bjornn, Registered Nurse
It was dusk as my husband and I entered the small cemetery to place flowers on the three graves-Jonathan, our firstborn son who died at eight months from a rare pneumonia; Michael, our violinist son who left us at age sixteen due to pancreatic cancer; and Seb, a loving son who trained hawks and suffered blindness and neurodegeneration after thirty years of immunodeficiency. As the sun set with crimson colors. I placed bright summer flowers on each grave. ‘Help me to do what I should do with my life,’ I said to my sons. It was clear what my path should be. I could not let their lives be lost in vain! I should write stories of struggle, love, and faith. “They are doing work now in heavenly spheres, and I must do mine while I still have time!” I said to myself. It all seemed so clear.
This powerful memoir describing Colleen Openshaw’s frequent encounters with illness and death will convey important insights when we experience these unwanted sorrows in our own lives. Losing her parents to cancer and old age, a sister in a car accident, her husband to organ failure and Alzheimer’s, as well as her three precious sons to hyper-IgM Syndrome-has given Colleen unusual understanding in facing end-of-life issues. Relying on her faith in God as well as her own grit and determination, her experience can give us a unique comprehension of how to confront these inevitable trials common to all mankind.
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The extra ordinary life of an extra ordinary bear
$3.99 – $27.99Richard Henry was born, raised and educated in New York City. After his service in the United States Marine Corps, which included a tour in Viet Nam, he returned to New York where he worked as a teacher and coordinator of Alternative High Schools.
In 1983, he moved to Oklahoma to serve as the Director of Alternative Dispute Resolution for four counties under the direction of the Oklahoma State Supreme Court. In 1990, he moved to California and set up a training program for formally incarcerated youth. In 1992, he served as the “Economic and Business Development Coordinator” for military base closures.
He published his first book of poetry, “Beyond the Skull” in 1976. His novel, “Of Days Gone By” was first published in 1990, followed
by his second novel, “Short Timer” in 2002. His third book, “The Extraordinary Life of an Extraordinary Bear” was published in 2023.
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Unusual Attitudes: Flight Instructor Memoirs
$3.99 – $26.99Captain Ed (Edwin D. Armbruster) lived a fascinating life as he flew thousands of hours over the jungles of Panama and the Caribbean in single engine planes. Over seven hundred students called him their instructor as he piloted them from Atlantic to Pacific over and along the Panama Canal, through Panama, Central and South America. Beginning with the halcyon days of Canal Zone life and navigating more troubled times as the drug wars escalated, adventure calls on every page.
As exciting and spell-binding as the tropical background is beautiful, “Captain Ed” regales and inspires with his stories of crashes and near-misses, student antics, hair-raising escapes and unusual friendships, all as the glory days of the Panama Canal slowly faded into memory.
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Short Timer
$3.99 – $26.99Short-Timer is a small part of the history of the Vietnam War; America’s longest war where for the first time, men of every ethnic background and color fought together side by side in fully integrated units. It is the story of one individual’s survival in a war where flashing the peace sign was perfectly acceptable, while waving a clinched fist in the air, the Black Power symbol, was a court martial offense. At times, it’s a frightening account of how, during combat, men bonded as one to fight the enemy, while back at base camps, the realities of the sixties caught up with everyone and whites openly called blacks “nigger” while blacks angrily cursed “honkies”.
It is centered around one Marine’s experiences in the service during troubled times. The story follows the Marine from boot camp to his tour in Vietnam. It graphically illustrates the suffering and horrors that are a part of war and the sense of humor necessary for survival under such adverse conditions. The plight of innocent, little children who are far too often the biggest victims of war, is brought home all too clearly by the central character’s encounter with a Frenchman who runs an orphanage in Da Nang.
The reader is exposed to all the realities of combat in a crazy war that by 1970 had clearly begun to mean very little to those who served except surviving the war and returning to the “real world”. For the central character in Short-Timer, his tour is cut short by President Nixon’s Phase I Pull Out from Vietnam. The central character’s war experiences take on an added craziness when he is forced to commit one last, horrifying act of war just a few hours prior to his scheduled departure from Vietnam. It is apparent that the life of the central character and all those he served with will never be the same after having survived the Vietnam War.
Short-Timer blends all aspects of life in a memorable story, too authentic for comfort. It is sensitive, tough, gutsy, draws the reader in, makes them
expend emotion and doesn’t let go.
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Bring Back Summertime
$12.99 – $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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Don’t Quit, Don’t Cry!
$3.99 – $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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The Myth Of Being
$25.99While The Myth of Being is a gentle recording of the authors earliest impressions and memories transcribed when she was a young adult, these verses, from the period of three or four years of age until her second marriage and especially difficult struggle with bipolar illness (1970s), an aside might be added; at a level beyond effective description and playful illustrations, which do reveal the activity of beautiful memory, one can find very early, deep pondering of the meaning of our existence being its beauty to hold briefly, but ultimately for the author, coming dark.
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Allon Ti Biag: Walo A Dekada A Panagdaliasat
$3.99 – $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
