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Guyana's Seawall Girl
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date: Aug 21, 2018
Enter for a chance to win one of 10 signed copies of Guyana's Seawall Girl by Erwin K Thomas.
To many Guyanese this seawall has come to represent hope.
Enter for a chance to win one of 10 signed copies of Guyana's Seawall Girl by Erwin K Thomas.
To many Guyanese this seawall has come to represent hope. Lives are shaped on the beach it encircles. That’s where lovers have dates to pledge their love, build dreams, and make promises. Truthfully, not all the dreams come true, but there’s a realization that some of them will bear good fruit and have prosperous lives. These are the relationships that succeed.
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Oct 16
- Nov 14, 2020
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Sometimes You Have to Lie: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy
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date: Dec 01, 2020
Enter for a chance to win a finished copy of Leslie Brody's SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LIE: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harri
Enter for a chance to win a finished copy of Leslie Brody's SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LIE: The Life and Times of Louise Fitzhugh, Renegade Author of Harriet the Spy.
The biography of Louise Fitzhugh, author of the groundbreaking Harriet the Spy
Harriet the Spy, first published in 1964, has mesmerized generations of readers and launched a million diarists. Its beloved antiheroine, Harriet, is erratic, unsentimental, and endearing-very much like the woman who created her, Louise Fitzhugh.
Born in 1928, Fitzhugh was raised in segregated Memphis, but she soon escaped her cloistered world and headed for New York, where her expanded milieu stretched from the lesbian bars of Greenwich Village to the art world of postwar Europe, and her circle of friends included members of the avant-garde like Maurice Sendak and Lorraine Hansberry. Fitzhugh’s novels, written in an era of political defiance, are full of resistance: to authority, to conformity, and even — radically, for a children’s author — to make-believe.
As a children’s author and a lesbian, Fitzhugh was often pressured to disguise her true nature. Sometimes You Have to Lie tells the story of her hidden life and of the creation of her masterpiece, which remains long after her death as a testament to the complicated relationship between truth, secrecy, and individualism.
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Oct 04
- Nov 02, 2020
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The Last American Hero: The Remarkable Life of John Glenn
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date: Nov 10, 2020
Enter for a chance to win 1 of 10 copies of 'The Last American Hero'!
On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became a national star. He became celebrated in
Enter for a chance to win 1 of 10 copies of 'The Last American Hero'!
On February 20, 1962, John Glenn became a national star. He became celebrated in all corners of the world as not just the first American to orbit the Earth, but as the first space traveler to take the human race with him. 'The Last American Hero' examines the many layers that formed the man and unravels the reasons for his singular role. At a time when increasingly cynical Americans need heroes, his aura burns brightly in American memory.
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Oct 04
- Nov 01, 2020
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Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva!
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date: Dec 01, 2020
Enter for a chance to win a copy of God Save The Queen Diva from Big Freedia! You’ll be transported into the world of Big Freedia, following her path
Enter for a chance to win a copy of God Save The Queen Diva from Big Freedia! You’ll be transported into the world of Big Freedia, following her path from an overweight gay choir boy to the reigning queen of New Orleans Bounce. If you love hearing people’s life stories, you won’t want to miss this. Enter to be one of 10 winners!
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Oct 19
- Nov 01, 2020
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Dealing with Early Onset Alzheimer's: Love, Laughter & Tears
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date: Jul 10, 2020
Enter for a chance to win one of five signed paperback copies - first edition of "Dealing with Early Onset Alzheimer's Love, Laughter & Tears" by Soni
Enter for a chance to win one of five signed paperback copies - first edition of "Dealing with Early Onset Alzheimer's Love, Laughter & Tears" by Sonia Discher.
The heartbreaking but empowering story of caring for her husband, Steve. The story follows Steve's diagnosis with Early Onset Alzheimer's at age 50 through treatment, care and his passing. Sonia provides a look behind the curtain of this terrible sickness to reveal a treasure trove of tips and tricks she did to understand the disease, advocate for her husband, care for her family and preserve her sanity throughout a confusing and sad time. Functional, day-to-day tips about early warning signs, medication levels, and how to address doctors, nurses and other professional caregivers (among many other areas such as long-term care and hospital stays) are some of the valuable examples included in this personal story.
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Oct 15
- Nov 10, 2020
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Pawns: The Farm, Nebish, Minnesota, 1950s
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date: Feb 24, 2018
Enter to win an autographed copy of the gripping true story, "Pawns."
Caught between a mentally ill mother and a stepfather with undiagnosed PTSD, Auth
Enter to win an autographed copy of the gripping true story, "Pawns."
Caught between a mentally ill mother and a stepfather with undiagnosed PTSD, Author Wendell Affield’s childhood was marked by family dysfunction. In this memoir, which includes nearly 100 illustrations, he recounts growing up on an isolated farm in northern Minnesota in the 1950s.
Musty letters, documents, and sixty-year-old photo negatives conjured memories as Affield pored over them.
In a grainy negative beneath the magnifying glass, Affield saw his mother as the beautiful, mentally ill young woman transplanted in 1949 from her cosmopolitan New York roots. She stands beside the lilac that the author will land next to a few years later after jumping from a second story window to escape her fury.
Memories of a murdered puppy and his stepfather’s rage rose to the surface as Affield studied a blurred image of the corncrib the dogs were tied beneath at the farm.
In another picture he discovered himself wedged between his brothers and sister in a leaky rowboat and flashed back to the summer his mother hid from her abusive husband in a cabin perched above Lake Chelan in the Cascade Mountains. Faded photos and hand-written birth dates on the backs reveal a woman who feared forgetting her children after she was committed to a mental institution, her children in foster homes.
Follow along on this journey as the author researches his own childhood and uncovers brand new details about himself and his family.
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993 people requesting
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Sep 27
- Oct 27, 2020
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Cycle of Lives: 15 People's Stories, 5,000 Miles, and a Journey Through the Emotional Chaos of Cancer
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date: Oct 06, 2020
Enter for a chance to win one of 100 Kindle books of Cycle of Lives by David Richman!
Have you ever been forced to consider the fact of your mortality?
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Have you ever been forced to consider the fact of your mortality? If confronted with cancer, how would you feel? What would you say to the people you love? What would they say to you?
No two people have the same answers to these questions, a lesson I learned well during a solo six-week, 5,000-mile cross-country bike ride I called Cycle of Lives. The trip started as a fundraiser in honor of my sister, June, who died of brain cancer. But long before I even set out on my endurance ride from L.A. to Florida to N.Y., I exhaustively interviewed fifteen people across the country whose lives had also been irrevocably changed by cancer—either as patients, survivors, loved ones, or caregivers.
Hearing their moving stories, which were influenced by many different forms of past and present trauma, transformed my cycling odyssey into a journey of emotional self-discovery as I relived the chaos and emotional upheaval of cancer through them: from the man who found true love after losing his soulmate to cancer, to the elite athlete who had to reckon with his all-star body finally letting him down, to the medical oncologist who cares as much about her patients as she cares for them.
Whether you or someone you care about is going through cancer or some other major trauma, I hope this thought-provoking collection of astonishing stories can help you, too.
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169 people requesting
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Oct 17
- Oct 31, 2020
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Somebody Someday: A Journey of Homelessness, Faith, and Friendship
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date: Aug 21, 2020
“WHAT AN INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND EMOTIONAL BOOK”
Win one of ten signed copies of the new SOMEBODY SOMEDAY: A Journey of Homelessness, Friendship, & Fai
“WHAT AN INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND EMOTIONAL BOOK”
Win one of ten signed copies of the new SOMEBODY SOMEDAY: A Journey of Homelessness, Friendship, & Faith.
Deaf and homeless his entire adult life, Butch discovers a wallet in a dumpster. What he does next will lead to an encounter with a visitor from Texas. This is a true story of survival by eating out of dumpsters and trying to keep warm with restroom hand dryers. More, it is a story of an unlikely friendship. Share through Butch’s own words his sustaining hope to be a somebody. You will cry. You will laugh. You will learn.
If you liked Same Kind of Different as Me, you will love Somebody Someday!
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Oct 05
- Oct 31, 2020
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Chasing Excellence: The Remarkable Life and Inspiring Vigilosophy of Coach Joe I. Vigil
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date: Jun 25, 2020
Are you ready to encounter a man who rose from poverty to become a towering figure in the running world...a man who is known simply as 'Coach' to virt
Are you ready to encounter a man who rose from poverty to become a towering figure in the running world...a man who is known simply as 'Coach' to virtually everybody he's ever met?
Enter for a chance to win 1 of 5 author-signed copies of the inspiring biography reviewers are calling a "motivating must-read."
Dr. Joe I. Vigil is the father of Adams State Cross Country and Track and Field, which has won 56 national collegiate championships over the past 50 years. Vigil has coached 425 college All Americans, 22 Olympians and an army of "Vigilantes" who seek to emulate his unique blend of compassion, competitive spirit and commitment to otheres.
My goal as author of "Chasing Excellence" was to capture the life of America's preeminent distance running coach through his own words, along with those of more than 50 family members, friends, former runners and even foes who have been shaped by his presence.
Coach's life is the American dream in which the underdog wins...and makes everyone he meets feel like a winner, too.
If you're interested in the timeless qualities that forge a leader, it's time to start "Chasing Excellence." Enter now for a chance to win. Good Luck!
Pat Melgares, author
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Oct 05
- Nov 04, 2020
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100 copies available,
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Oct 04
- Nov 03, 2020
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Travels Through Aqua, Green, and Blue: A Memoir
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date: Aug 19, 2020
Enter for a chance to win one of 100 first edition copies of Travels Through Aqua, Green, and Blue: A Memoir by Mary E. Gregory! A tale of resilience
Enter for a chance to win one of 100 first edition copies of Travels Through Aqua, Green, and Blue: A Memoir by Mary E. Gregory! A tale of resilience through a multitude of social stigmas including; mental illness, deformities, and sexual orientation. The writer bares all as she shows you in succinct detail how she navigates the world she's thrust into. An unlikely and beautiful story emerges right before your eyes.
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Oct 20
- Nov 19, 2020
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Guyana's Seawall Girl
The Last American Hero: The Remarkable Life of John Glenn
Big Freedia: God Save the Queen Diva!
Somebody Someday: A Journey of Homelessness, Faith, and Friendship
Travels Through Aqua, Green, and Blue: A Memoir
