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This memoir stands out as a beautifully written account of a mostly happy, mostly normal, fully real life at once both ordinary and extraordinary. Sheirer explores intensely personal experiences and relationships with humor, surprise, awe, suspense, and deep insight. With the depth of a memoir and the flow of a novel, Sheirer chronicles how his simple youth of farm, sports, school, nature, and family led him to an unlikely adulthood as an author and...
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Uncover the forgotten whispers of your past and embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery in Echoes from My Ancestors. This captivating memoir weaves together the untold stories of a resilient family across generations, leaving an indelible mark on your heart and soul.
As you turn each page, you'll be transported to the early 20th century Northern Dalmatian villages, where the echoes of hardship and foreign occupation resonate through...
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A few stories encountered mainly in the 21st century as a result of working on construction sites. Humour, still having to deal with the good, the bad, and the nasty! 2018 saw the demise of one of the biggest players: Carillion. How many companies went into receivership like my old company? How many others in the 21st century? Was the philosophy Carillion followed replicated by the Post Office?
In 2023, in his autumn statement, Chancellor Jeremy...
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Forrest Gump meets James Bond and delivers a Sergeant York for America's Intelligence Wars.For his seventh book, Sh*t Magnet, Stephen J. Schrader delivers himself. A warrior raised to thrive in a world without medals or parades. Where the only reward for winning a battle is another assignment, and the prize for winning a war is an opportunity to teach the next generation of agents. He describes a life where the rewards to be earned are as astounding...
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These are the stories from my youth that have weathered the erosion of time. Now that I have made 50 plus circuits around the sun, I feel that it is safe to put them in print. The statues of limitations have expired and the players have all grown or moved on.Many of these stories share a singular theme, the idea that I've been really lucky. Not lucky in the sense of winning at bingo or the lottery more than the average person, but in that I am still...
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In this riveting autobiography spanning generations and continents, Maggie Hamilton shares her extraordinary story of love, loss, and the unbreakable bonds of family. From the turmoil of war-torn London to the sun-drenched shores of the French Riviera, Gemini Over the Gulf follows Maggie's journey and the parallel life of her twin sister, Katie, separated by a twist of fate in their infancy.
As Maggie navigates the glamorous world of Parisian haute...
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It is nothing new that life is full of surprises, but knowing how to take advantage of them and learn from them is an art.
In these pages you will find a simple and uncompromising story. A story of life, love and acceptance. From a simple teenager life full of complexes, to a youth where the complexes were resolved and some new challenges discovered.
In the middle of the path an unexpected event changes everything but ends up intensifying the will...
8) Escape Story
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As a young girl Eva Erben was suddenly forced by the Nazis to leave her home in Prague to join, with her parents, one of the transports to the Theresienstadt Ghetto. The nightmare that followed is told by Eva as a young girl struggling to cope with the fear and danger that becomes part of her world.Eva's eventual journey to Auschwitz and her experience of three selection processes by Mengele make this child's view of the Holocaust a unique and moving...
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Join William Thomas Avenell Jr. on an extraordinary journey through a life filled with challenges, triumphs, and unyielding resilience. From his early days in Fresno, California, to his remarkable achievements as a business manager and Tae Kwon Do practitioner, Avenell's story is one of perseverance and transformation.
Born on May 25, 1929, Avenell's journey began with humble roots, but his indomitable spirit propelled him forward. Despite facing...
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„Jeder von uns hatte ein mehr oder weniger großes Rucksäckchen aus der Vergangenheit bei sich", stellt der Ich-Erzähler fest, als er aus der Hauptstadt Wien in das Dorf zurückkehrt, in dem er aufgewachsen war. Hinter dem Beziehungsgeflecht zu Familie, alten Freunden und neuen Bekanntschaften verbirgt sich Sinnlichkeit, Bitterkeit und Trauer sowie Harmonie, Heiterkeit und Lebensfreude. Überraschend liegt im vermeintlich Bekanntem ein Geheimnis.
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Quest'opera è la pi estesa biografia di san Josemaría Escrivá (1902-1975), elaborata anche sul materiale della causa di canonizzazione, avvenuta in Piazza S. Pietro a Roma il 6 ottobre 2002. Un particolare interesse rivestono le numerose citazioni dagli "Appunti intimi", una sorta di diario interiore che Josemaría Escrivá tenne a partire dall'inizio degli anni '30 del XX secolo. Questo primo volume prende in esame la vita di Escrivá dal 1902...
12) Fatherless
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When his father denies paternity, the infant Phil is left with his poverty stricken mother Annie in a 1950s West Yorkshire mill town. Burned by loss and desertion, Annie's mental state frequently breaks apart. Before his third birthday she releases Phil to a distant orphanage. A series of subsequent separations take their toll on this spirited, imaginative boy who - at every turn - feels violently cast off and set adrift.In this memoir of life under...
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Tens of thousands of homeless people walk the streets, forgotten, yet each with their own story to tell. Marie James, a 69-year-old bag lady, and a frequent guest at an inner-city mission in Chicago, sat with Jane Hertenstein through the summer of 1995 and recorded this shocking and moving story of life filled with sorrow, loss, mental instability, and hope. Her memoir will break one's heart, yet encourage and inspire. -- "Harrowing inside view of...
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In dieser ersten kritischen Biografie über Fethullah Gülen nimmt uns der Historiker Jon Pahl mit auf eine Reise, auf der wir Weisheit und Kontroversen entdecken, von der Türkei der 1940er-Jahre bis in die USA des 21. Jahrhunderts. Pahl erzählt die Geschichte eines frommen muslimischen Jungen aus einem kleinen, abgelegenen türkischen Dorf, der einerseits eine weltweite Bewegung von Millionen von Menschen inspiriert hat, die sich der Alphabetisierung,...
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Sie ist eine von Vielen: Emmy. Mit zunehmendem Alter verliert sie Sprache und Ausdruck. Nur die Lieder, die sie zeitlebens gesungen hat, bleiben noch lange erhalten, bis auch sie sich verflüchtigen. Die Lieder sind es aber auch, durch die ihre Therapeutin Zugang zu Emmys Innenleben findet. – Eine kleine Geschichte aus dem Alltag, die verstummende Sprache im O-Ton und die immer wieder ohne jeglichen Zusammenhang aufleuchtenden Liedtexte machen dieses...
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Biografien und Bilder der 736 Mitglieder des 20. Deutschen Bundestages sowie der Mitglieder der Bundesregierung ohne Bundestagsmandat.
Das E-Book Kürschners Volkshandbuch Deutscher Bundestag wird angeboten von NDV und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert:
Politik, Parlament, Reichstag, Ausschüsse, Bundestag, Bundespolitik, Ampel-Koalition, Fraktion, Abgeordnete, Berlin
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Ein verrücktes Leben, das da erzählt wird! Geboren, wie das Kleine Jesulein, aufgewachsen (worden) im Deutschen Osten: Schule, Oberschule, Universität, Volontär, Journalist. Rein in die, raus aus der Partei, rein in den, raus aus dem soz. Journ. (sozialistischer Journalismus). Schaf-Züchter, Spargel-Bauer. Verrückter Lieder-Macher, Chefredakteur (»Die Andere«), Arbeitsloser ... An so vielen Orten: Sachsen, Berlin, Mecklenburg, Berlin wieder,...
18) From Red Dirt
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About the Book In From Red Dirt: An Autobiographical Narrative and Verse of a Georgia Son is a tribute to the Harlem Renaissance writer Jean Toomer, whose setting of the novel Cane (1923) begins in rural Sparta, Georgia. This location is approximately 70 miles from the author's hometown of Augusta. While the book is autobiographical, Briggs uses both a narrative and poetry format to describe and reflect on significant phases of his childhood, educational,...
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About the Book Confessions of a PhD shares the stories of twelve authors and their struggles and successes of pursuing their doctorate degrees. Each doctoral graduate has their own struggle and personal situations to overcome. We see a domestic abuse survivor, whose husband threw out all her textbooks. She fought to reach her goal in obtaining a doctorate. A former drug dealer who turned his life around. A graduate who didn't care to study in high...
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In his first book, Life on Planet Rock, author Lonn Friend shared his ringside view of rocks decade of decadence. Now, in Sweet Demotion, the veteran rock scribe takes off the gloves and battles himself. Lonn was enjoying a six-figure multi-media career in 1998 when, at the end of a four-year run as a record company VP, he was bitch slapped by the Universe; his professional ride came to a crashing pause. But instead of hiring headhunters or putting...
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