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The Girl from Orchard Park with Alopecia is an authentic story about a poor young black girl affected by the alopecia hair disease at a young age, living in the vicious Orchard Park projects in the violent part of Roxbury during the late '70s...

Author: Ray DiffenISBN-10: 146535672XISBN-13: 9781465356727Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/27/2011Pages: 228Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Flashback to the 1960's and 1970's and faster than you can say 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, ' accompany Glen Keough as he is drilled by Dominican nuns, enlightened by a hippie father and loved by a grandmother who easily forgave his sins. In this coming of age...

Uncovering the day-to-day routines and activities of a family with seven children should be interesting in any age, but when it covers Depression years to World War II, it's especially revealing. The narrative throughout is in rhyme, and the author is dealing mostly with...

"Short stories of former Filipino (pinoy) steward recruits, who seized marginal opportunity to switch from steward to other enlisted ratings normally reserved for whites only."--Page [30].Author: Ray L. BurdeosISBN-10: 1452066779ISBN-13: 9781452066776Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/22/2010Pages: 244Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d

Book synopsis: In 1970, at the age of 17 and with only twenty-eight dollars in his pocket, Tony Assali flew to America to escape war in his homeland, Beirut, Lebanon. With the intention of establishing a foothold so that he can bring the rest...

Author: Paul CainISBN-10: 144901223XISBN-13: 9781449012236Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2009Pages: 132Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d

""Rob Morris and the Eastern Star"" is a book written by J.A. Glidewell that explores the life and work of Rob Morris, the founder of the Order of the Eastern Star. The Order of the Eastern Star is a fraternal organization that was established...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Gouverneur MorrisISBN-10: 1443730114ISBN-13: 9781443730112Publisher: Morris...

Author: Edith Noordewier FoleyISBN-10: 1441573941ISBN-13: 9781441573940Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/07/2009Pages: 152Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Author: Cecilia CollardISBN-10: 1441550186ISBN-13: 9781441550187Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/16/2009Pages: 50Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d

THE BIRDMAN OF TREADWELL Through his diaries Edwin Warren takes you back in time over a hundred years ago as if in a time capsule. It is as if you are there by his side and can imagine you are in his place as...

Paramedic buff to burnt shows the changes of a highly decorated New York City paramedic from being a rookie to now an old timer with over 15 years on the streets.It covers some of the more interesting calls he has done over these many...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: VariousISBN-10: 1409731286ISBN-13: 9781409731283Publisher: Sturgis PressLanguage:...

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The story of my life over 60 years living with war, serving with the military world wide and working at the top level of governmentAuthor: Omm CD DentISBN-10: 1387865986ISBN-13: 9781387865987Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/11/2018Pages: 402Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.24lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.82d

Paul Kruger was the dominating figure of Boer-and therefore South African-history of the nineteenth century. His life spanned the time of the Great Trek-the European settlement of the interior-right up to the end of the Second Boer War, and the shadow of his political...

A young man becomes a research scientist wanting to fight against diseases, tormented by memories of his troubled teenage years and nightmares, fearing he will have a short life to achieve his ambitions.Author: John FaheyISBN-10: 1387402293ISBN-13: 9781387402298Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/28/2017Pages: 180Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.00h...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

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Five hundred years after his death, Niccolò Machiavelli still draws an astonishing range of contradictory characterizations. Was he a friend of tyrants? An ardent republican loyal to Florence's free institutions? The father of political realism? A revolutionary populist? A calculating rationalist? A Renaissance humanist?...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

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Personal history of my 22+ years as an Air Force fighter pilot starting when I first dreamed about my future career, through flight school, operational experience in France, Germany, then Test Pilot School, flight test projects, combat experience in Southeast Asia, and other assignments;...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Title: Female biography, or, Memoirs of illustrious and celebrated women, of all ages and countries: alphabetically arranged.Author: Mary HaysPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works...

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THIS STORY CONSISTS OF CHAPTERS IN DECADES. THROUGHOUT MY LIFE I HAVE BEEN INSPIRED SIMPLY BY POSITIVE THOUGHTS AND A SIMPLE LIFESTYLE. DURING THE WORST TIMES AND THE WORST CIRCUMSTANCES, I ALWAYS MANAGED TO FIND SOMETHING POSITIVE. I WAS BLESSED TO BE A MUSE...

James Klugmann appears as a shadowy figure in the legendary history of the Cambridge spies. As both mentor and friend to Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess and others, Klugmann was the man who manipulated promising recruits deemed ripe for conversion to the communist cause. This...

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