Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
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Water Lust
A Candid Coming-of-Age Saga by Gerhard Pohle
Gerhard Pohle fell in love with the water when he was a child. His parents travelled widely, and he spent his formative years in Indonesia, Madagascar, and India, along with his native Germany. Snorkeling in tropical waters left the little boy...
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Second Chances
Starting Over in the Peace Corps by Denise Sieber
Sooner or later, many of us find ourselves stuck, dog-paddling through life without purpose or direction. Sometimes, only the drastic will do. If this sounds familiar, Second Chances will resonate with you. This is a story about defying the odds...
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Cloth and Clay
A Davison-Ferguson History by Gail Ferguson
Cloth and Clay: a Davison-Ferguson History is the story of two immigrant families united by marriage in nineteenth century Ontario. Traced back to their earliest known origins in North East Scotland and in Yorkshire, England and County Donegal...
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The Mohan Singh Biography
A Man with the Fine Taste of Life! by Lovemeet Singh
Dear readers, I wrote this book, the life story of my father, Sirdar Mohan Singh, according to the truth. I did not try to fictionalize or modify it, as I completely understand my responsibility toward the readers. I wrote this life story because...
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Living In the Land of the Uprights
A Story About Thomas Voss Sorensen by Kathaleen Sorensen
I strive to create an example of all that I can be so that others in my situation can see disability for what it is. Disability does not separate me from anyone. All people are disabled, and only some are temporarily enabled. Everyone will age....
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Namirembe Road
by Salim Rahemtulla
Salim Rahemtulla grew up in Kampala, as one of nine children in a close-knit family of modest means. In 1971, he received a partial bursary to study Computer Science at the University of Manchester, UK, which was meant to be a step toward a...
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Out of Sight!
Memoir of a San Francisco Hippie by Barbara Sanford Rahder
What was it like to be in the midst of the counterculture movement as a white teen girl with a critical eye? Out of Sight! is Barbara Sanford Rahder’s memoir, a coming-of-age story set in the iconic time and place of 1960s San Francisco. At...
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Strength From Within
Surviving Cancer: The Power of Gifts and Hope by Kim Nelson
On September 5th, 2018, Kim Nelson received a diagnosis that would change her life forever. In this candid memoir, she tells of her emotional, physical, and spiritual journey through breast cancer—from the moment of diagnosis, through surgery,...
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Return to Holly Cottage
More Tales from a B&B by Norma Collis
Like entering the home of an old friend, Return to Holly Cottage is a second collection of stories from the beloved 1878 stone farmhouse, otherwise known as “the house that hugs you.” Located in Canada’s southern Georgian Bay near the famous...
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Corn Island Rundown
by Chip Hunter
Two college chums, Chance Hooker and Dave Kipling, hatch a bold plan to establish a fishing business on a remote Caribbean island. Their 3600 mile road trip takes them through the United States, Mexico and Central America to the banks of the...