Biography & Autobiography
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Paprika, Poppy seed, Pot Cheese
My Hungarian Food Memoire and More by Linda Galenzoski
Food connects us to our roots. It summons memories of days long ago and brings history to life in our homes. With the right recipe, anyone can become a time traveler. In Paprika, Poppyseed, Pot Cheese, chef Linda Galenzoski shares her favorite...
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Mennonite to Mainstream
Abandoning the Old Colony and Growing Up in Rural Canada by Judy Ann
In a family history that stretches back five hundred years, Judy introduces readers to life under Old Colony Mennonite rules as experienced by her parents and grandparents in rural Canada and Mexico. Despite this history, it took Judy’s family...
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Her Believable Lies
Surviving Intimate Partner Violence by Michelle-Meridith Moore
On May 7, 1988, Michelle got married. Shawn, the man standing before her, was her abuser, her controller, and the only serious boyfriend she’d ever had. In that moment, she felt like this wedding ceremony would mark the end of her life; it turned...
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Stories at the Kitchen Table
by Katherine Brady
In this captivating and often humorous collection of short stories, Katherine Brady recounts the true stories of her late father Terry, bringing them to the page from the table around which the family used to gather. The tales come from Terry’s...
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The God We Serve is Awesome
by Olina F. Bailey
Olina F. Bailey has been through trials and tribulations as far back as she can remember, both in her time spent in the United States and her life in Liberia. God brought her through these with flying colors, performing many miracles for her. In...
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Horses, Howitzers, and Hymns
The Story of Lieut. Skey, MC, and His Father in the Great War by Marianne S. Goodfellow
Upon his arrival in France in February of 1917, twenty-one-year-old Lieut. Warren Skey purchased a small Au Jour le Jour to record his day-to-day experiences as a gunner, who packed ammunition, loaded on horses, to the guns at the front. He was...
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Solidarity Forever
The Art and Soul of Stevie Van Zandt by Robert Lawson
Solidarity Forever is the definitive account of the musical journey of the music legend of Disciples of Soul, Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, and anti-apartheid project Sun City fame, Little Steven Van Zandt. Following Van Zandt’s...
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Not So Normal
Memoirs of a Gay Boomer From Wild Rose Country by Tom Symington
Growing up in post-World War II Alberta in a stable, loving home, Tom Symington didn’t feel that he was “different.” Evading early pressures of romance and sexual exploration, repressing instances of name-calling (“femmy”), and hostility from...
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From Daylight to Dark
Finding Work in an Inaccessible World by Valerie D. Maidment
When Valerie Maidment was a baby, doctors diagnosed her with hydrocephalus, a condition that causes excess fluid to build in the brain. After the second surgery at age 9, she was declared healthy; she lived a happy, normal life, graduating from...
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Understanding a Phobia of Your Own Emotions is Key to Understanding Suicide
Understanding I was Afraid of my own Emotions Saved my Life by Douglas Law
If it doesn’t kill you, it will only make you stronger. This is a very real truth if you can put strong suicidal thoughts in your past. My life has been a journey of understanding who I am because of my childhood being interfered with by a...
