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  • My Kaddish
    Thérèse (Terri) Masson
    “Elegant yet shattering… Rendered in plainspoken yet devastating prose, Masson’s historical narrative is intercut with startling present-day moments… This is haunting.” — Publishers Weekly“This heart-wrenching recollection views the traumatic events and close calls that punctuate the author’s memories… A brief, rare, and powerful testimony.” — Library JournalThis short, beautif...
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    17,80 €

  • The Memoir The River Of Life
    DR. Sofia Laurden Davis Adams
    The River of Life' by Dr. Sofia Laurden-Davis Adams is an intimate and inspiring journey through the author’s life, spanning from her early childhood to her experiences in the 60s. In this compelling memoir, Adams reflects on the myriad challenges she has faced, viewing them not as obstacles but as tools that have forged her strength and resilience. From a young age, Sofia lear...
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    14,74 €

  • Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons
    Homer B. Sprague
    'This narrative of prison life differs from all others that I have seen, in that it is careful to put the best possible construction upon the treatment of Union prisoners by the Confederates, and to state and emphasize kindnesses and courtesies received by us from them.For the accuracy of the facts stated I am indebted to a diary kept from day to day during the whole of my impr...
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    12,17 €

  • Where Life Is Found
    Ruthie Burrell
    Discover a place where everyone is welcome and everyone belongs. Tucked into a little-traveled corner of southwest Missouri is a Christian summer camp that has offered a safe, accessible environment for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses since 1994. Over the past thirty years, Camp Barnabas has provided encouragement, purpose, community, and a new way of life for mo...
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    31,15 €

  • A Sunday Walk
    Carl Toro
    Are you religious, formerly religious, raised religious, or know someone who is? Or perhaps wondering how someone could believe in a religion other than yours?Have you ever found yourself wondering how and why an otherwise intelligent person, seemingly guided by reason, could accept and live by religious beliefs? Or other sets of strongly held irrational beliefs? Or convictions...
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    55,03 €

  • Cuentan una historia
    Yolimi Gómez Herrera
    Los Hijos de la Nada es una historia donde se conjuga la realidad y la ficción, sedesenvuelve en Colombia, entre los tórridos días en el Valle del Cauca y las olas tranquilas en la Costa Pacífica de la zona occidental de este país.Cada uno de sus personajes cuenta una historia marcada por sucesos dramáticos, lamentables, únicos, irrepetibles, en una sociedad desigual, mísera, c...
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    16,98 €

  • From Ocean to Ocean
    Jerome J. Murif
    A captivating account of the first South to North crossing of the Australian continent on a bicycle, in 1897. 'Then the bicycle, loaded now for the expedition, was lifted downstairs; I shook hands with the landlady, told her I might not be back for tea and not to keep it waiting, and quietly pedalled away...' This is how, without any sponsor, and almost no one knowing about his...
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    13,42 €

  • Namaste 2.0
    Dane A. / Dane A. Vemb
    Lifelong athlete and sport enthusiast Dane Vemb loves nothing better than finding the back of the net with a puck or pounding over hills on his mountain bike, but one day, he wanders into a Bikram yoga studio. By the time he leaves the hot room, sweat soaked and inspired, he’s completely hooked and determined to master this new 'sport.' Unlike most aspiring yogis, though, Dane’...
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    29,12 €

  • A Question of Value
    Robert Brunk
    In the late 1970s, Robert Brunk discovered the world of auctioneering. Drawn to the unique mountain culture and the history of fine art in and around Asheville, North Carolina, Bob started a business, Brunk Auctions, that became part of a bustling network of commerce. America’s passion for collecting, buying, and selling reached remarkable heights in the following decades. Auct...
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    26,66 €

  • Everywhere the Undrowned
    Stephanie Clare Smith
    This is what it is to survive. You find what floats and you hold on. Even if it is smaller than you. Holding on is all fourteen-year-old Stephanie Clare Smith can do when she’s left home alone in New Orleans during the summer of 1973. As she seeks to ease her solitude through her summer school algebra class, her wandering in the city, and her friendship with a streetcar opera...
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    25,60 €

  • The autobiography
    Benjamin Franklin
    The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1771-1790) is the name given to the unfinished autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, one of the most influential founding fathers of the United States of America. Unpublished during his lifetime, the first edition of 1791 was in French and based on an imperfect transcription. Franklins grandson then published the book in English in 1818, bu...
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    14,89 €

  • Forjando el éxito
    Sergio E. Alderete
    Forjando el éxito: mi viaje emprendedor es un cautivador libro de 22 capítulos que narra la apasionante travesía de un emprendedor en su camino hacia el éxito. Desde la semilla de un sueño en la infancia hasta la soledad del visionario y los golpes del fracaso, el lector se sumerge en una odisea de autodescubrimiento y superación.A lo largo de la obra, el autor teje una trama e...
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    16,47 €

  • The Story of My Boyhood and Youth
    John Muir
    The Story of My Boyhood and Youth is a stirring autobiography by the great American naturalist, John Muir. 'When I was a boy in Scotland I was fond of everything that was wild, and all my life I’ve been growing fonder and fonder of wild places and wild creatures. Fortunately around my native town of Dunbar, by the stormy North Sea, there was no lack of wildness, though most of ...
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    15,60 €

  • Sun Night
    E.H. de la Espriella
    This is a re-release edition of Sun Night that includes an extended ending and a new cover.Sun Night is a memoir about two brothers growing up in 1976 Panama and follows the events that would transform their young lives forever. The brothers, Sebastian and Santiago are very close and highly protective of each other and rely on their shared love and creative storytelling to mana...
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    14,83 €

  • Cardboard & Cigarettes
    Eelkje VanderMeulen-Smart
    No ordinary childhood of a young immigrant girl growing up in Alberta, Canada, rolls out fast, exciting, colourful and authentic. The astonishing thing is life was really like that.Left alone in a tiny, dark closet, with only a cardboard box, I tore off a piece of the cardboard, and stuck it in my mouth, and chewed and chewed and chewed before swallowing.He my teacher was chasi...
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    28,12 €

  • Curry, Chaos and Love - The Story Of An Irish Girl’s Life-Changing Journey To India
    Elizabeth O’Brien
    Embark on an Unforgettable Journey of 'Curry, Chaos and Love.' The riveting tale of Liz O’Brien, a young Irish girl whose thirst for adventure leads her to the mystical land of India, 'Curry, Chaos and Love' is not just a travel memoir, it’s a story of self-discovery that’s brimming with humour, heart and a love that defies cultural boundaries.In September 2007, Liz takes a lea...
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    21,69 €

  • East 65th
    Nekeya Fisher
    Nekeya was born in Youngstown Ohio and raised in Cleveland Ohio back and forth the majority of her life. Living in Youngstown Ohio started her life of rebellion while Cleveland was her safe haven. She never thought she would see past the age of 18 but here she is now 20 plus years later. She is the owner of a non-profit organization called Keep the Dream 4 Nate dedicated to her...
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    14,05 €

  • Dirt Roads to Runways
    Keith Gross
    Raised by a single mother in the Florida panhandle, Keith Gross is the definition of an American success story. He worked his way through school, served in the National Guard, and returned home to Florida after earning his law degree.Yet his humble beginnings and accelerated achievements tell more than a 'rags to riches' story. They are a testament to the power of the American ...
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    22,15 €

  • Buscando a Eva
    Eva Díaz Oñoro
    Buscando a Eva es una novela conmovedora que enseña cómo es conocerse a uno mismo y llegar a aceptar quién eres realmente. Muestra un viaje que produce un choque vital, que remueve los cimientos en la vida de su protagonista en el que tiene que conciliar quien era y como se ha mostrado con quien es realmente y lo que más desea.Es un viaje de superación, de miedo, de aceptación ...
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    23,82 €

  • Zero To Seventy-Five
    Thomas E. Byron / Tom Byron
    Thanks for buying my book! You are going to be taken on a journey that I extracted from my memory, with photos to back up my narrative. The timing is impeccably accurate since I am seeing my mind get a little cloudier each day. Why do I tell you that? 'Tell those you love your story. Soon it will be gone.' ...
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    19,42 €

  • Who’s My Daddy?
    Gina Cameron
    In Who’s My Daddy? Gina Cameron tackles the questions Why did my mother lie about my paternity? and Why did so many other mothers hide the truth from their children? After discovering, in her mid-sixties, that her father was not her biological father, Cameron embarked on a search for her paternal roots.  Her quest for answers led to her mother’s tumultuous history as a refugee ...
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    11,49 €

  • The Snowy Battlefield of Ohio
    Stanley O’Shea
    In this captivating memoir, Stanley O’Shea unflinchingly shares his tumultuous experience as an international graduate student in the American Midwest. His narrative weaved through a labyrinth of unexpected trials, crises, and cultural clashes as he grappled with the perplexing healthcare system, the haunting justice system, the intimidating immigration maze, and the bureaucrat...
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    17,83 €

  • Channeling the Whispers Within
    Timothy V Lane
    I am Timothy V. Lane. If you have read my first book, TRAPPED INSIDE MY MIND: 7 Dimensions in Black and White; Poetry from the Perspective of a Schizophrenic, then you know that I suffer from what is known as paranoid Schizophrenia. Though now that it is more commonly known, I still come across some people who do not know what Schizophrenia is. CHANNELING THE WHISPERS WITHIN ex...
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    23,19 €

  • A Confession
    Leo Tolstoy
    A Confession or My Confession, is a classic Leo Tolstoy book and a short work on the subject of melancholia, philosophy and religion. It was written in 1879 to 1880, when Tolstoy was in his early fifties.The book is a brief autobiographical story of the author’s struggle with a mid-life existential crisis. It describes his search for the answer to the ultimate philosophical que...
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    12,85 €

  • Frei José Monteiro Carneiro
    José Monteiro Carneiro
    Frei JOSÉ MONTEIRO CARNEIRO, OFM, foi Pároco de Mangueirinha, PR, durante mais de quarenta anos. Nascido em São João do Meriti, RJ, em 8/9/1927 e ordenado sacerdote no ano de 1953, em Teresópolis, RJ, após a ordenação trabalhou em Agudos, SP, em Duque de Caxias, RJ, e Lages, SC. A partir do início da década de 1960, passou a trabalhar na Diocese de Palmas, PR. Foi designado par...
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    21,61 €

  • Comptant Històries
    Rafael Roca i Velasco
    Poemas e historias de un valenciano para el mundo. Desde Mislata para el mundo, el autor nos sumerge en su mundo. ...
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    8,61 €

  • Calling Wild Places Home
    Laura Waterman
    Poignant and vulnerable essays that weave together seemingly disparate themes of wild places and mountain stewardship, books and reading, and building a new life after loss. ...
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    26,15 €

  • Children of Aliso
    Harriet E Thurston Buchheim Mather
    CHILDREN OF ALISO is a memoir of the pioneering Thurston family who settled and homesteaded 152 acres of land in Laguna Beach’s Aliso Canyon in 1871, transforming its barren wilderness into a sustainable farm. It narrates the family’s personal stories, from initial isolation to early Laguna neighbors, through the 1880s real-estate boom and bust, and 1890s economic downturns. De...
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    97,84 €

  • Out of Budapest
    Pasztory
    One of the world’s ground-breaking authorities on pre-Columbian art speaks to the heart of the American experience.From an immigrant perspective, Esther Pasztory’s memoir is a guide along the way to an appreciation of multicultural qualities as opportunities.The themes and emotions of her search for the truth of ancient American cultures reflect the dramatic cross-cultural curr...
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    12,03 €

  • Find Your Beat
    Tim Eggebraaten
    In the rhythmic pages of 'Find Your Beat,' Tim Eggebraaten, a retired police chief turned messenger of optimism, invites you on a journey through the melodies of life. With heartwarming stories and practical wisdom, he reveals the power of finding beauty amidst the chaos, the rhythm in everyday moments, and the resilience within.Tim’s candid tales take you behind the badge, sha...
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    14,72 €


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