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Alpha Edition The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
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£18.19
Sacristy Press Reverence
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Sacristy Press Embarrassed
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£14.24
Thomas Nelson Publishers Perfectly You
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Xlibris Of Firebirds Moonmen
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£24.95
Simon And Schuster Group USA Portrait of a Feminist
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Simon And Schuster Group USA No One Else Id Rather Be
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Daunt Books Jack & Rochelle: A Holocaust Story Of Love And
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Books on Demand Der Weg Geht Dich: Auf dem Jakobsweg von Hoffeld
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Books on Demand Postlagernd Floreana: Eine moderne Robinsonade
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Legare Street Press We of the Nevernever
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FriesenPress Into The Unknown
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FriesenPress A Mingled Yarn
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Inspira Media Ltd But You Look Just Fine
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IngramSpark The Fifth Vital
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Lulu.com Once We Flew
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AuthorHouse Theyre All Trying to Kill Me
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AuthorHouse Hobos Odyssey
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iUniverse Mt. Fuji from Our Window
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iUniverse Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear
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AuthorHouse Living With Autism
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iUniverse Legs of Iron
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Authorhouse John Cappas
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AuthorHouse A Different Time
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Xlibris The Life and Adventures of Mr. Wil
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Authorhouse The Daughter Who Sold Her Mother: A Biographical
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Xlibris Let There Be Light: An Illuminating Life
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River Grove Books Chaos in Color: A Memoir of Childhood Trauma and Forgiveness
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Simon And Schuster Group USA The Mother of All Decisions
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iUniverse Your Honor, Your Honor: A Journey Through Grief
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Authorhouse Out over Blue Water
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Simon & Schuster Weve Decided to Go in a Different Direction
Book SynopsisWhen life threw successful Hollywood casting director, wife, and mother Tess Sanchez a messy curve ball, she got down in the mud and threw it right back. Filled with humor, heart, and a touch of bawdiness, this debut essay collection is for readers of Jessi Klein and Sloane Crosley and features a foreword by Max Greenfield.
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Lulu.com It's Not the Hammer that Hurts: Ending the legacy
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Authorhouse Resilience in the Face of Adversity: A Portuguese
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Lulu.com From Utopia to The American Dream
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Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers Beating the odds
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Troubador Publishing “Get Beethoven!”
Book SynopsisA comic book character is born, the youngest of sixteen, into a war torn country. Facing extreme brutality at school and on the streets, not to mention the oppression of the Catholic Church, he finds music. Armed with a violin and a burning passion, he escapes the madness and sets off to pursue his dreams. “Get Beethoven!” is the inspirational story of Paul Cassidy’s life. Overcoming adversity in his younger years, Paul recounts tragedy, joy, horror and humour. Informative and entertaining, the book charts his journey up to joining the Brodsky Quartet in 1982.
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HarperCollins Publishers Silvertown: An East End family memoir
Book SynopsisMelanie McGrath’s critically acclaimed East End family memoir now in paperback. In this remarkable book, award-winning writer Melanie McGrath has given us a vivid and poignant memoir of the East End. McGrath spent years wondering about her East End roots. At the turn of the twenty-first century the places where her grandparents lived out their lives Poplar, East Ham and Silvertown – are virtually unrecognisable; her grandparents, Jenny and Len Page, long since dead and already half forgotten. Silvertown teems with stories of life in the docks and pubs and dog tracks of the old East End where Melanie McGrath's grandparents scraped a living. Here are the bustling alleys and lanes of Poplar in 1914, where eleven year old Jenny watches the men go off to fight; the Moses sweatshop on the Mile End Waste; the London docks, then the largest port in the world; and Jenny having her teeth pulled out on her seventeenth birthday. Here too is the Cosy Café, opened full of hope by Jenny and Len – later a home to their troubled marriage – and an East End landscape which is altered forever by the closure of the docks and the disintegration of this close knit community. The places Melanie McGrath describes have largely vanished now. This evocative and deeply moving family memoir recreates the lost East End and the struggles of those who live there.Trade Review'McGrath tells her story in a novelist's idiom, and the result is extraordinarily powerful and curiously resonant. Like much of the East End, Silvertown today is in the process of an astonishing transformation. The curse on the area has been lifted. But McGrath has beautifully recorded the old Silvertown just before it disappears for ever.' Sinclair McKay, Daily Telegraph 'This is a remarkable account of the social history of the East End. It provides a rare bridge between those two separate Londons; for while the story belongs to a mysterious past, the style and sophistication is strikingly contemporary.' Anthony Sampson, Guardian
£999.99
Benediction Classics Scott's Last Expedition. Vol. I. The Journals Of
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£25.49
Alpha Edition Sketches of the East Africa Campaign
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£23.63
LEGARE STREET PR Ivan the Terrible
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Linen Press The SunRoom
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Flatiron Books Kuleana
Book SynopsisSet in one of the world?s most beautiful landscapes, Kuleana is the story of an award-winning journalist?s desire to hold on to her family?s ancestral Hawaiian lands?and find herself along the way.?A powerful story of land, belonging, loss, and survival that challenges us all to think about what we are responsible for.? ?Rebecca Nagle, bestselling author of By the Fire We CarryFrom an early age, Sara Kehaulani Goo has always been enchanted by her family?s land in Hawai?i. The vast area along the rugged shores of Maui?s east side?given by King Kamehameha III in 1848?extends from mountain to sea, encompassing sixty acres of lush, undeveloped rainforest jungle along the rocky coastline, and a massive 16th century temple with a mysterious past. When a property tax bill arrives with a 500% increase, Sara and her family members are forced to make a decision about the property: fight to keep the land or sell to the next Mainland millionaire. As she returns to Maui and reconnects with her great Uncle Take, she uncovers the story of how much land her family has already lost over generations, sentries-old artifacts from the temple, and the insidious displacement of Native Hawaiians by systemic forces. Part journalistic offering and part memoir, Kuleana interrogates deeper questions of identity, legacy, and what we owe to those who come before and after us. Sara?s breathtaking story of unexpected homecomings, familial hardship, and fierce devotion to ancestry creates a refreshingly new narrative about Hawai?i, its native people, and their struggle to hold onto their land and culture today.
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Rowman & Littlefield They Were Still Born
Book SynopsisStillbirth, defined as the death of an infant between 20 weeks'' gestation and birth, is a tragedy repeated thirty thousand times every year in the United States. That means more than eighty mothers a day feel their babies slip silently from their bodies, the only sound in the delivery room their own sobs. Eighty stillborn babies a day means heartbroken families mourn the death of children who will never breathe, gurgle, learn to walk, or go to school. In 2006, Janel Atlas became one of those mothers who left the hospital with empty arms; her second daughter, Beatrice Dianne, was stillborn at 36 weeks. Reaching out for comfort, she realized a dire need shared by so many others like her, and so was born a collection of new essays by writers each sharing their firsthand experiences with stillbirth. Atlas includes selections not only from mothers but also fathers and grandparents, all of whom have intimate stories to share with readers. In addition, there are selections that answer many oTrade ReviewAs is true for all obstetricians, I was confronted with the reality of stillbirth early on in my career. Nothing prepares mothers for this potentially devastating experience. The process must be shared and grieved if the wounds are to fully heal. They Were Still Born helps this process enormously. This collection is beautiful, moving, and healing. -- Christiane Northrup, M.D., OB-GYN; author of the New York Times bestselling Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of MenopauseThese courageous, moving accounts from the fierce front lines of infant loss are filled with rare beauty and insistent love. They Were Still Born will help heal the bereaved and illuminate a culture that has for too long closed its eyes to the pain and devastation of stillbirth. A tour de force. -- Lorraine Ash, author of Life Touches Life: A Mother's Story of Stillbirth and HealingThe nearly two-dozen-chapter book's authors include a wide variety of men and women — a bereavement specialist, an obstetrician, a staff writer for The Washington Post, a registered nurse, a professor, an anthropologist, and more, all of whom share their experiences....In addition to the poignant essays, They Were Still Born includes a section called "The Way Forward," which features ideas for honoring and remembering your baby and engaging in creative expressions of grief. It also includes chapters on what doctors currently know about stillbirth, as well as emerging research on the topic. There is also a 10-page listing of resource books for adults and children, support networks, blogs and more. * Delaware Online *There is useful information about the need for more autopsies following stillbirth and better data collection to assist with research into 'unexplained' stillbirth. Overall, this book should be a valuable resource not only for mothers grieving for a stillborn child, but also for their partners, relatives, and the wider community. * The Lancet *Table of Contents1 Forward 2 Introduction 3 One: What No One Tells You 4 Two: Blindsided 5 Three: Two Children, One Living 6 Four: The Traumatic Contradiction 7 Five: Living With (and Without) Caleb 8 Six: He Changed Our World 9 Seven: Mothering Grief 10 Eight: In a Wild Place 11 Nine: Born, Again 12 Ten: Just One Family 13 Eleven: Then Comes the Baby in the Baby Carriage 14 Twelve: A Plan Gone Awry 15 Thirteen: Saying "Grace": Family and Friend's Responses to My Daughter's Stillbirth 16 Fourteen: Our Christmas Angel 17 Fifteen: She Was Significant 18 Sixteen: How Death Can Bring Life: A Caregiver's Perspective 19 Seventeen: Invincible No More: What My Daughter's Stillbirth Taught Me About Life 20 Eighteen: Reunion Group 21 Nineteen: Standing in the Shadow of Grief 22 Twenty: Grief and Creativity 23 Twenty-one: The Year of Angels 24 The Way Forward 25 Twenty-two: Honoring and Remembering 26 Twenty-three: Creative Expressions of Grief 27 Twenty-four: What We Know About Stillbirth 28 Twenty-five: Emerging Research 29 Twenty-six:Making a Difference: Resources
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Skyhorse Publishing Saving Ellen
Book SynopsisA coming-of-age memoir that follows a large, working-class Irish family as it plunges into chaos in the wake of a terminal diagnosis—and the author's own hidden struggle to endure when her sister's disease becomes the dark star around which they all revolve. Financial privation and her father’s drunken scenes formed the backdrop to Maura Casey's childhood, but her sister Ellen’s years-long struggle with kidney disease consumed her whole family. Determined to see Ellen live to adulthood, her mother fought medical advice to donate a kidney at a time when organ transplants were medical miracles. She concealed the true impact of that decision, which would affect the family for years to come. Set in Buffalo amidst the tumult of the 1960s and 70s, Saving Ellen traces the author's recovery from alcoholism and sexual assault and tells of her irrepressible older sister Ellen, who fought to claim her dream of becoming an athlete; her smart, feminist mother, whose World War II Army service prepared her to manage her own platoon of six children; and her adulterous, alcoholic father who, at the end, was haunted by his shortcomings and regrets. Despite the hard truths of her childhood, Saving Ellen is ultimately a story of humor at unexpected moments as well as the grace of reconciliation and gratitude.Saving Ellen will appeal to those who have endured the stress of caring for a chronically ill family member, with all the fraught choices that entails. Readers who have experienced the unique insanity of living in a large alcoholic family will recognize the mix of madness and humor that forms the foundation of daily life. Casey's story has parallels to Monica Wood’s When We Were the Kennedys, which details the struggle her family began when her father died of a heart attack, and Jeannette Walls’ The Glass Castle, with its tale of family dysfunction and siblings trying to help one another cope in a dilapidated house with an unstable father.
£23.75
She Writes Press You Can't Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in
Book SynopsisA young lesbian girl grows beyond fear to fearlessness as she comes of age in the ’60s amid religious, social, and legal barriers. Carol Anderson grows up in a fundamentalist Christian home in the ’60s, a time when being gay was in opposition to all social and religious mores and against the law in most states. Fearing the rejection of her parents, she hides the truth about her love orientation, creating emotional distance from them for years, as she desperately struggles to harness her powerful attractions to women while pursuing false efforts to be with men. The watershed point in Carol's journey comes when she returns to graduate school and discovers the feminist movement, which emboldens her sense of personal power and the freedom to love whom she chooses. But this sense of self-possession comes too late for honesty with her father. His unexpected death before she can tell him the truth brings the full cost of Carol's secret crashing in compelling her to come out to her mother before it is too late. Candid and poignant, You Can't Buy Love Like That reveals the complex invisible dynamics that arise for gay people who are forced to hide their true selves in order to survive and celebrates the hard-won rewards of finding one's courageous heart and achieving self-acceptance and self-love.Trade Review2019 Book Excellence Awards, Winner, LGBTQ 2019 Winner, The Authors Show, Top Female Author in Biography/Memoir Winner of the 2019 Independent Press Award - LGBTQ 2019 Nonfiction Authors Association Book Award 2018 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards 1st place LGBT 2018 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards 2nd place Biography/Autobiography/Memoir 2018 National Indie Excellence Awards Sponsor's Choice Winner 2018 Living Now Awards Bronze Winner in Inspirational Memoir—Female 2018 IAN Book of the Year Awards Third Place Winner in General Non-Fiction 2018 IAN Book of the Year Awards Finalist in LGBT 2018 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist in LGBTQ Non-Fiction 2018 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist in Memoir 2018 International Book Awards Finalist: LGBTQ 2018 Readers' Favorites Book Awards Honorable Mention in Non-Fiction—Social Issues 2017-2018 Reader Views Literary Awards second place in LGBTQIA 2017-2018 Sarton Women's Book Awards Finalist in Memoir 2017 USA Best Book Awards Finalist in LGBT Non Fiction 2017 USA Best Book Awards Finalist in Best New Non Fiction 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in Memoirs (Overcoming Adversity/Tragedy) 2018 International Book Awards Finalist in LGBTQ: Non-Fiction Beverly Hills Book Awards Winner-Regional Non-Fiction -Midwest and Finalist-LGBTQ-Non Fiction "The author writes compellingly about the burden of the closet…the constant emotional labor required to hide her full identity… She writes stirringly, too, about the genuine love between her and her parents and about the ecstasy and terror accompanying sexual awakening…She skillfully executes emotionally weighty scenes [and] movingly renders the complex emotional landscape of living in and out of the closet.” —Kirkus Reviews "A candid and kindhearted memoir of one woman’s personal battle.” —Booklist "In her sensitive and poignant memoir, You Can't Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties, Carol E. Anderson bares her heart and soul to readers so beautifully and intelligently that even if you aren’t gay and weren’t born into a Fundamentalist Christian family in the sixties, you will be deeply moved.” —Readers’ Favorite "A captivating story of her struggle with self-acceptance and her journey toward empowerment and self-love… it is a beautiful memoir, well written, and a great book to read!” —Reader Views "At the heart of this book is a question: What is love? Carol Anderson offers more than one definition in her fearless, eloquent, emotionally powerful memoir. After reading these pages, you will be much wiser about the ways of the heart. Anderson's father once told her, 'I really admire your spunk.' We see that spunk here, in this book. We also see grace and clarity. And gorgeous writing. You Can't Buy Love Like That will get under your skin, and you will not be able to stop thinking about it. A grand memoir." —Judy Goldman, author of Losing My Sister: A Memoir "This book is a rich tapestry of connections that shows us humanity and love in all of its splendor. Carol's story is everyone's story, and she brings her parents to life in a powerful way by incorporating the tides and messages of that time. Many touching moments helped me know how connected and deeply human we all are. I could not put this book down, it is an amazing piece of art." —Jane Dutton PhD, coeditor of Awakening Compassion at Work: The Quiet Power that Elevates People in Organizations "We are, according to Joan Didion, well advised to keep on nodding terms with the person we used to be, a declaration that Carol Anderson has clearly taken to heart as she explores her younger self and what it was like, as a gay woman, to have to hide her true identity and her deepest feelings. Written with candor, compassion, and humor, You Can't Buy Love Like That is, like all great memoirs, both specific and universal in its appeal." —Madeleine Blais, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author of Uphill Walkers and To the New Owners "As a scholar who studies gender, I appreciate the rich socio-historical lens Carol Anderson uses to share the experience of a woman coming out in the sixties. As an avid reader and an admirer of authentic prose, I felt privileged to see her soul, all the tender spots and the strong, resilient parts too. I gained so much from this memoir. Truthful and beautifully written, Anderson?s insightful journey is a reminder of the privilege of choice, the importance of voice and the power of love." —Stacy Blake-Beard, PhD, Ellen Gabriel Deloitte Chair of Women and Leadership, Simmons College School of Management "Finding the love you yearn for requires a courageous step: telling the truth about who you are. And that�s especially delicate when all you hear is that you're dangerously different. Carol Anderson's eloquent voice and compelling story pinpoint a time in recent history when secrets held gay and lesbian people hostage, and unspoken truth poisoned our lives. Fortunately, though, her fearless, impassioned words are a particularly vivid reminder that, with a commitment to honesty, curiosity, and love, we can use our own stories—and our own differences—as a resource and an invitation to listen more deeply for the messages of emerging possibility all around us." —Peter F. Norlin, PhD, Principal, ChangeGuides Consulting, Former Associate Editor of the Organization Development Practitioner "Carol Anderson's memoir of secretly coming to know and explore her sexuality while growing up in an evangelical family that barely allowed for the idea of gayness is a powerful account of middle American life during the sexual revolution. But it is also something more: - a reflection on the meaning of living in secrecy among those we love. An important contribution." —Jacob Levenson, author of The Secret Epidemic: The Story of Aids and Black America "A book for our time. About forgiveness, acceptance, and resilience. A book that pays homage to the power of love in all its forms that taps our hearts, ever so softly yet forcefully. Carol E. Anderson, a fellow traveler on the road to self-awareness and self-acceptance, brings the honesty of finding her sexual truth to us all through her latest book, You Can’t Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties. With her gentle ‘telling’ of her story, showing compassion to herself and all others touched along her journey so far, Anderson gives us all the power to find our own honesty about our lives and the lives of others. A must read." —Nonfiction Authors Association Book Awards Program
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