Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
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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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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...
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Be Here As You Are
by Zephyra Vun
Part autobiographical, part philosophical introspection, this book reveals how the simple act of being present can transform you. It offers a refreshing perspective about our inherited thought processes in making life choices, challenging us to...
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Coming Home
A Memoir by Elizabeth Meyer
We all have a story to tell, be it long or short, truly blessed or full of challenges. Coming Home tells just such a story, starting from the author’s humble beginnings as a shy, reclusive girl in a Mennonite community on Vancouver Island in the...
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100 Ways to Live a More Positive and Beneficial Life
by Maxx Coughlan
Growing up in Brooklin, Ontario, Maxx Coughlan was bitter, angry, and overtly pessimistic. As he entered university, however, something changed—the negative thoughts subsided, and he began to live the life he wanted to live. After almost losing...
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You Did What?
The Unusual Musical Odyssey of Burl Ronald Brinnon by Ron Brinnon
At the fresh age of fifteen, Ron Brinnon launches his professional saxophone career and plays gigs that land him amid a hotbed of Russian missiles, an FBI chase, and a levitation session with Depak Chopra. Performing for greats like Desi Arnaz,...
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Life Lessons with Abba Father
by Don Howe
In Life Lessons with Abba Father, Don Howe shares his memories and experiences of encountering Christianity through a series of unusual events throughout his life. From narrowly escaping a charging bull to saving a plane full of travellers to...
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Running with the Angels
A bereaved mother's journey from hopelessness to HOPE by Colette (Ruel) Howery
"Running with the Angels" is the story of a mother's sudden loss of her son; a loss that shattered her to the core of her being. Writing a book did not enter her mind as she worked through her intense grief. However words seemed to write...
