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  • Blue Light

    The Highs and Lows of a Spirited Life in Poetry and Prose
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    Blue Light is a collection of found poetry, lyrics, stories, and diary entries that chronicles the life, creativity, and soul of a complex man. In writing that is vulnerable, witty, and profound, Harvey bares his heart and soul on the page as he...


  • A Zest for Life

    My Stories
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    With this highly personal and inspirational memoir, author Merrijoy Kelner invites her readers to sit down with her in some quiet, comfy corner and be regaled with stories of her long and fascinating life—complete with great loves, tragic losses,...


  • Resilience Required

    Surviving an Alcoholic Snake-pit to Building a Life of Purpose, Triumph, and Achievement
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    At a young age, Jim Shepard saw his family wealth and luxurious bayside home squandered away on alcohol abuse. After several desperate downsizing moves with his family, young Jim found himself living in a run-down rooming house that became known...


  • Salty Dips Volume 12

    "Who would have thought … I'd end up here."
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    “To spin a dip” is a popular sailor’s term meaning “to tell a story”—“salty” because they are of the very essence of the sea. "Who would have thought . . . I’d end up here" is the twelfth volume in the Salty Dips series that began in 1983. It...


  • I am a F*cking Miracle

    A Story of Brokenness, Pain, Recovery and the Miracle of Second Chances
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    The odds were stacked against her from the beginning. Born in rural British Columbia, Ellen spent much of her childhood with her siblings in an old, small, one-bedroom trailer without power or running water. Raised primarily by an alcoholic...


  • Lyssa's Story

    A Dog's Legacy
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    Lyssa's story might have ended before it even began. Facing certain death in a high-kill shelter in the Mojave Desert, against all odds she found her people in the world under the wide-open prairie skies of Saskatchewan and in the scenic river...


  • Left Unread

    The Stories Behind the Songs of Noel Carol
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    Left Unread: The Stories Behind the Songs of Noel Carol is the poignant and inspirational life story of Noel Carol, narrated by eh scharpe a.k.a. b phlatt, as told through the lens of a lifetime of songs he has written. Growing up in rural...


  • The Bowling Tour

    Sparky & Boo's Badass Nordic Adventure
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    The Bowling Tour is a personal travel memoir that takes place over two weeks from November 20, 2024 to December 4, 2024. It follows the journey of a grandmother (her first time leaving North America at 73) and her granddaughter (a seasoned world...


  • I Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest

    A Memoir
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    Elaine Ross grew up knowing she was adopted. Brought into a loving family on the Canadian prairies at eleven months old, she felt secure in the life she was given and the parents who chose her. For many years, that story felt complete. Gradually...


  • Confessions of an Amnesiac

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    READ THIS BOOK AT YOUR OWN RISK! This book contains discrimination, emotional blackmail, self-sabotage, emotional pain, impulsivity, coarse language, scenes with substance use, sexual depravity, drug and human trafficking, childhood sexual abuse,...