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33 Days: Touring In A Van. Sleeping On Floors. Chasing A Dream.
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33 days by Bill See is the fascinating account of what turns out to be a life-changing tour by the young, hungry rock group Divine Weeks, who get into their van in search of fame. Dave, George, Raj and Bill,... |
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A Doctor's Journey: A Collection of Memoirs
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A Doctor's Journey by Fredric Mendelsohn, M.D. is a delightful read for those who crave to view medicine as a humanistic profession. Dr. Mendelsohn takes us through a brief autobiographical journey in which his musical background will eventually play... |
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Addicted To Cold Water: My Story
 | Addicted To Cold Water by Jill Peck Voan is not an easy read but it is a necessary read. There are many forms of addiction. When we hear the word addiction we think of drugs, medications, alcohol, gambling, sex, and food. But there are many... |
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All Eyes: A Memoir of Deafness
 | Bainy B Cyrus was born unable to hear. She was 18 months old before her parents realized there was a problem. At first, the doctors thought she was the youngest child and maybe she didn’t have to speak because everyone met her needs. Eventually they... |
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An Unknown Journey
 | Dao is one of ten children. She wants to go to boarding school in hopes of someday living in a country where she will have freedom from responsibility to her family. She goes to school and finally makes it to America only to discover that... |
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Behind The Laughter, Hidden Tears
 | Behind The Laughter, Hidden Tears is the autobiography of Sal Richards, an entertainer, actor and comedian. He reveals how tears can be hidden behind laughter. From a young age his dream was to entertain. When he left school, he found mediocre jobs to pay the... |
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Confessions of an Ex-Gun Dealer
 | In the past few years the right to bear arms has been under attack. Nevertheless, Ludwig Sawicki ran a successful gun shop. Confessions of an EX-Gun Dealer is Ludwig’s story. He became interested in guns in high school. Once he was “paroled” from high school,... |
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Don't Let the Secret Out
 | Jessamine Rose offers readers a glimpse into her life. She was born in 1937, in a small town in eastern Kentucky. For many her upbringing will seem foreign but for some it will sound all too familiar. The family's cabin was cold, the cracks in... |
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Fire in the Hole: A Year in the Life of the Worlds' Sorriest Stuntwoman
 | Truth is most definitely stranger than fiction in this unusual, heartwarming, yet at, times, heartbreaking autobiography. Tragi-comedy best describes the year in the life of a thirty-something actress who takes the enormous step of changing her life to discover who she is and what she... |
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From Riches to Happiness: A Semi-Autobiography by an Enlightened Orange county Woman
 | Judy Joseph Hamlin begins her book, From Riches to Happiness, by sharing a conversation with her soon to be ex-husband, John. When he dropped their sons off, he had seen a car in the driveway. That had set him on a tirade of how he... |
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