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10 Days in December
. . .where dreams meet reality
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In 1978, 20-year-old newlyweds, practical Kevin and idealistic Eleanor, explore the Canadian mountains in their VW van, find land, and build a tiny log cabin. Setbacks and self-denial test their love and commitment. For 4 months: Kevin builds,...
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Reflections
Wisdom for the Young and Anyone Else Curious
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Suddenly, here I am with most of my life in the rear-view mirror and not much road left ahead. I am wondering–ok, “What’s it all about, Alfie?” This is an attempt to answer that question and to leave something behind that might be of some use. At...
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If I am Brave Enough
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I met Jake in the springtime . . . So begins Cristina’s story, a story of love and marriage, but also abuse and violence. Cristina met Jake when she was on the rebound, not looking for anything serious. And he seemed like the perfect guy: he was...
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Instinctive Measures
The Guinea Pig Soldiers and the Poison Pill
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When the battle ends, the real fight begins. For Stephen Beardwood, the war didn't stop when he returned home from deployment. Having been administered mefloquine, a controversial drug that had not passed clinical trials, he faced a different...
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Timberland
The Story of William Perry: The Man Who Saved the Life of Henry Ford
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“A man came up behind Henry Ford with an axe and was going to kill him. William Perry grabbed the axe out of the man’s hands and then Mr Ford said, you have a job with me for life, and he did - until the day he died.” Excerpt from the oral...
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Does God Really Speak to Us?
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Have you ever lost someone you loved? Carried a dream in your heart, unsure whether it will ever come true? Wondering if marriage is part of your future? Or questioned why bad things happen to good people? These are questions many of us grapple...
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My Life, Pakistan and the Great Balidan
The Story of an Ordinary Man Through the Maze of Religion and Politics
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Every act of creation has the potential to change the world, whether a little bit at a time or all at once. The creation of Pakistan, in 1947, certainly changed the geopolitical landscape of the world forever. But the lives of more than fifteen...
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Making a Mark
Becoming a Public Purpose Community Developer
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Like a great municipal development project, Making a Mark is a book that delivers on multiple fronts—part memoir full of interesting stories and people, part field guide to public-oriented community development, and all compelling read. Author...
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Survive and Live
Domestic Abuse True Story
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For twenty-five years, author Adrianna KD lived a double life. Around friends and family, she was happy—happy with her marriage, her few friends, her increasing isolation from her family. Even in her own home, Adrianna had to wear her carefully...
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Dancing with Rejection: A Beginner's Guide to Immortality
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In 1979, at age 19, Michael Gaudet was diagnosed with end-stage renal failure. Thanks to a kidney transplant from his brother, Michael survived and later rose to prominence as a Canadian painter of monumental murals. Dancing With Rejection: A...
