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American Men of Action by Burton Egbert Stevenson 2.5 Stars (7 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

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Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 274 Pages (429 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Nov 30th, 2023

Eva and Otto: Resistance, Refugees, and Love in the Time of Hitler by Tom Pfister (Purdue University Press) 4.7 Stars (22 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Eva and Otto is a true story about German opposition and resistance to Hitler as revealed through the early lives of Eva Lewinski Pfister (1910-1991) and Otto Pfister (1900-1985). It is an intimate and epic account of two Germans -- Eva born Jewish, Otto born Catholic -- who worked with a little-known German political group that resisted and fought against Hitler in Germany before 1933 and then in exile in Paris before the German invasion of France in May 1940. After their improbable escapes from separate internment and imprisonment ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 639 Pages (9,435 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Nov 23rd, 2023

Rendezvous at Jumbo Pass: A Twisting Tale of Wilderness Survival (My Country) by Nowick Gray (Cougar WebWorks) 5.0 Stars (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

A romantic wilderness cabin becomes a dream-box of catastrophe and survival, in this true adventure with a paranormal twist. Will, a treeplanter, hikes with a companion to meet his wife and 3-year-old daughter in BC's remote Jumbo Pass. An overnight storm pushes them to the brink of deadly choices, at fate's mercy. Caught in the strands of a deadly time-loop, Will must navigate a series of doorways to survival. Each choice means a different outcome, a different life... or even death. The story's mystery plays out against the ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 107 Pages (776 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Oct 31st, 2023

Refuge Must Be Given: Eleanor Roosevelt, the Jewish Plight, and the Founding of Israel by John F. Sears (Purdue University Press) 5.0 Stars (10 Reviews)    Price verified 45 minutes ago

Refuge Must Be Given details the evolution of Eleanor Roosevelt from someone who harbored negative impressions of Jews to become a leading Gentile champion of Israel in the United States. The book explores, for the first time, Roosevelt's partnership with the Quaker leader Clarence Pickett in seeking to admit more refugees into the United States, and her relationship with Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, who was sympathetic to the victims of Nazi persecution yet defended a visa process that failed both Jewish and non-Jewish ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 333 Pages (7,441 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Aug 30th, 2023

Rowland Hill: His Life, Anecdotes, and Pulpit Sayings by Vernon J. Charlesworth (Aneko Press) Price verified 6 hours ago

Rowland Hill was humorous, but he was a great deal more, and those who know his lifework will not remember him as exemplifying one single quality, but as a good, childlike man in whom nothing for Christ was restrained. Considering him as he was overall, we will not soon see anyone like him again. There was no dishonesty or duplicity in him. He loved his Lord and the souls of men, and he threw all his might into the pursuit of doing good. Certainly few men were ever more unselfish. People called him eccentric because they themselves ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 197 Pages (4,016 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Aug 12th, 2023

Historic Girls Stories Of Girls Who Have Influenced The History Of Their Times by Elbridge Streeter Brooks 3.5 Stars (113 Reviews)    Price verified 45 minutes ago

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Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 139 Pages (291 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Jul 20th, 2023

Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times by Elbridge Streeter Brooks 3.2 Stars (3 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 273 Pages (593 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Jul 20th, 2023

Bwana Kidogo: Scenes from a colonial childhood by Chris Durrant 3.9 Stars (119 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

'Bwana kidogo, Scenes from a colonial childhood', is a memoir of Australian writer Chris Durrant about growing up in colonial Kenya in the years after the Second World War. Set initially in the tea country above the capital, Nairobi, and then down in the city itself, the book traces the author's journey from a toddler speaking Kiswahili with his Kikuyu ayah, to boarding school in the Rift Valley and then back home to Nairobi for his high school years. It is the tale of a fascinating period in Kenya's history, moving from colonial ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 164 Pages (6,001 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Jul 8th, 2023

Control Switch On: A True Story—The Untold Story of the Most Powerful Man in the World—Ryan Moran—Who Shaped the Planet for Peace by Ira Teller Esq. Pharm.D 3.5 Stars (11 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

Hitch the ride of your life with Ira Teller as he journeys into the mysterious realms of science, invents the Psi-control Switch-the most advanced technology in existence-and teams up with Ryan Moran-the singularly most powerful man in the world. ______ Ryan Moran-a seemingly simple man in cowboy boots, who drinks, smokes, and womanizes-proves himself to be one of the world's most brilliant minds, and together with adventurer Ira Teller endeavors to change the course of world history. ______ Will Ryan's first real love, Erika, ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 183 Pages (487 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Jun 7th, 2023

Dear Mom & Dad, I Have Anxiety: A Book For Parents From A Child's Perspective by Corine Toren 3.9 Stars (58 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Ever wonder what's really going on inside your child's mind? Dear Mom & Dad, I Have Anxiety gives parents a glimpse of what it's like to be a child struggling with anxiety. The book includes the author's personal narrative as a child who grew up with anxiety, while also offering advice for parents about what to do during their children's toughest and most anxiety-driven moments. What makes Dear Mom & Dad, I Have Anxiety truly unique is that it is a parenting book completely written in the point of view of a child.

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 76 Pages (2,021 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: May 8th, 2023

The Autobiography of Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh by Randhir Singh (Bhai Sahib Randhir Singh Trust UK) 4.4 Stars (77 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

BHAI SAHIB RANDHIR SINGH (1878-1961) was an outstanding freedom-fighter and a great saint and theologian who has made a lasting contribution to the religious and cultural revival in Punjab, and was one of the first few Punjabi revolutionaries who staked their life and career to bring about political awakening and win freedom for their country. Son of a High Court Judge and educated in Govt. College and Mission College, Lahore, Bhai Randhir Singh ushered a moral and spiritual revival which set into motion what later on came to be ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 421 Pages (1,221 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: May 2nd, 2023

Envisioning Sociology: Victor Branford, Patrick Geddes, and the Quest for Social Reconstruction (SUNY Press Open Access) by John Scott (SUNY Press) Price verified 2 hours ago

Envisioning Sociology is a landmark work, the first major study of the founding of sociology in Britain and the enormous contributions made by the intellectual circle led by Victor Branford and Patrick Geddes. Authors John Scott and Ray Bromley chronicle the biographical connections and personal partnerships of the circle's key participants, their international connections, their organization-building work, and the business activities that underpinned their efforts. Branford and Geddes fashioned an ambitious and wide-ranging ...

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Historic Boyhoods by Rupert Sargent Holland 4.6 Stars (3 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

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Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 330 Pages (300 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Mar 6th, 2023

MY NAME IS GABRIEL FERNANDEZ: A Child Abuse True Crime Story (ABUSED TO DEATH) by Jessica Jackson 4.5 Stars (371 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Gabriel Fernandez is probably the best known victim of child murder by abuse in the US. Like Baby P in the UK, the torture of the eight-year-old shocked the nation, with many of us also watching the Netflix documentary on the case: The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez, with anger, sadness and frustration, leaving us with as many questions as answers: • Why was he taken from his loving home? • Why weren't his injuries taken seriously? • Who failed him the most? And the question I ask in all my books: "How can we prevent children ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 61 Pages (5,054 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Nov 5th, 2022

The Midas of the Wabash: A Biography of John Purdue (The Founders Series) by Robert C. Kriebel (Purdue University Press) 4.2 Stars (8 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

The Midas of the Wabash is a biography of noted businessman John Purdue (1802-1876), whose donations of time and money led to the founding of Indiana's land grant university, Purdue University, in 1869. Purdue also contributed to economically important bridge, railroad, and cemetery construction, the existence of Lafayette Savings Bank and the Battle Ground Collegiate Institute, cattle farming, Lafayette's public school system, and countless other worthy enterprises. This is the first published full length study of Mr. Purdue's life ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 230 Pages (935 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Sep 22nd, 2022

Sinclair: The World's End Murders Through the Eyes of a Killer (True Crime) by Ryan Green (Ryan Green Publishing) 4.1 Stars (662 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

On 15th October 1977, Christine Eadie and Helen Scott left the World's End pub after a fun-filled night with two men in their arms. They had their whole lives ahead of them. They had nothing to fear and everything to look forward to. Their naked bodies were discovered the following day. They were found six miles apart from each other. No attempt had been made to conceal their bodies, and both girls had been beaten, gagged, tied, raped and strangled. The case attracted widespread media attention and despite the Police's best ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 136 Pages (8,970 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Sep 3rd, 2022

The World Is My Oyster - Volume 1: Travelogues (Around the World in 30 Stories) by Matthias Drawe 3.9 Stars (168 Reviews)    Price verified 46 minutes ago

The author survives with odd jobs in Tokyo, celebrates Christmas in Rio and learns that fat women are sexy - in Jamaica. He discovers the charms of freezing Helsinki, experiences warlike conditions in Haiti and ekes out $200 for a bottle of bottom-shelf whiskey in Alaska. He explores the secrets of lobster fishermen in Maine, assists in a cockfight in Puerto Rico and marvels at a Turkish pearl in Brooklyn. "A fun look at the world." "Want to go to exotic places? Read this first!" "Full of funny encounters with real people from ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 173 Pages (3,305 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Jul 9th, 2022

Keeping the Promise by Ken Oder (Skipjack Publishing) 4.5 Stars (55 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Keeping the Promise is a collection of fifty stories about the author's personal experiences. From encounters with interesting people like Muhammad Ali, President Clinton, Anna Anderson, who claimed to be the daughter of the Tsar of Russia, and Harold Swanson, Hollywood's first literary agent, to coming to grips with life and death decisions, the trauma of aging, the heartbreak of dementia, the burden of representing a death row defendant, and the angst of enduring a pandemic, these stories span the spectrum of human emotion. They ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 264 Pages (11,355 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: May 30th, 2022

The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth. by William M. (William Makepeace) Thayer 4.3 Stars (15 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

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Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 162 Pages (442 KB) / Lending: Enabled / Added: May 1st, 2022

Dr. Johnson and His Circle by John Cann Bailey 3.4 Stars (6 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

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Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 270 Pages (374 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Apr 18th, 2022

The Codes of the Street in Risky Neighborhoods: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Youth Violence in Germany, Pakistan, and South Africa by Wilhelm Heitmeyer (Springer) 3.6 Stars (6 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

This book presents a comparative look at the norms and attitudes related to youth violence. It aims to present a perspective outside of the typical Western context, through case studies comparing a developed / Western democracy (Germany), a country with a history of institutionalized violence (South Africa), and an emerging democracy that has experienced heavy terrorism (Pakistan). Building on earlier works, the research presented in this innovative volume provides new insights into the sociocultural context for shaping both young ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 303 Pages (661 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Sep 13th, 2021

The Life of Jesus Christ: A Biographical Overview of the Life of Christ by James Stalker (Aneko Press) 4.6 Stars (112 Reviews)    Price verified 26 minutes ago

There was only one man who was so important that His birth caused our calendar to split in two (B.C./A.D). There was only one man who, despite being tempted, did not sin even once. There was only one man who died for your sins and mine and by whom we can have eternal life. That man was Jesus Christ of Nazareth. How much do you know about Jesus? Have you spent much time thinking about how He lived? Do you know Him? James Stalker carefully goes through each stage of Jesus' life and presents, in a biographical format, what we know ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 169 Pages (3,784 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Jul 29th, 2021

The Deadly Dozen: America's 12 Worst Serial Killers (American Serial Killers) by Robert Keller 4.1 Stars (4,459 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

The Shocking True Crime Stories of the 12 Worst Serial Killers in American History David Berkowitz: Known as the "Son of Sam," Berkowitz was a deeply disturbed young man who prowled the streets of New York dispensing death with his .44 caliber revolver. William Bonin: One of a trio of deadly psychopaths who trawled the freeways of Southern California during the late 70's and early 80's. Bonin was a depraved child killer who abducted, raped and tortured more than 20 teenaged boys. The Boston Strangler: Albert De Salvo took the fall ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 179 Pages (3,734 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Mar 30th, 2021

Uncommon Character: Stories of Ordinary Men and Women Who Have Done the Extraordinary - 3rd Edition by Douglas Feavel (Aneko Press) 4.3 Stars (771 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

A captivating non-fiction anthology filled with heroic profiles, epic tales, and timeless parables. You'll meet valiant personalities who've challenged and changed the world in remarkable ways. Their unforgettable stories are religious and secular, historical and current, unknown and familiar, foreign and domestic. Prepare to encounter priests, farmers, pilots, immigrants, missionaries, engineers, martyrs, businessmen, lawyers, pioneers, presidents, soldiers, writers, and scientists - their dynamic legacies are destined to become ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 418 Pages (3,654 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Mar 24th, 2021

Another Valley, Another Victory: Three Tragedies, One Faithful Woman, Victory in Jesus by Valetta Steel Crumley (One Mission Society) 4.9 Stars (47 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Tragedy is timeless and universal. So is victory, which is defined by the author's life as letting God have the controls - allowing him to expose previously hidden beauty, now displayed for the sake of others. This inspiring life story has moved countless others to overcome and look at adversity from God's perspective. When viewed from the top, a valley is precious and beautiful. Valetta lost her young son Danny to leukemia; her husband Henry succumbed to Hodgkin's disease a few years later; then she lost her remaining two children ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 170 Pages (2,956 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Mar 22nd, 2021

Tanna Times: Islanders in the World (Sustainable History Monograph Pilot) by Lamont Lindstrom (University of Hawaii Press) 4.4 Stars (4 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Anthropologists like to tell other people's stories but local experts tell them even better. This book introduces the vibrant living culture and fascinating history of Tanna, an island in Vanuatu, Melanesia, through the stories of a dozen interconnected Tanna Islanders. Tracing the past 250 years of island experiences that cross the globe, each of these distinctly extraordinary lives tells larger human narratives of cultural continuity and change. In following Tanna's times, we find that all of us, even those living on seemingly ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 194 Pages (1,917 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Feb 15th, 2021

My Country: Essays and Stories from the Edge of Wilderness by Nowick Gray (CougarWebWorks) 3.8 Stars (38 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

From his off-grid BC homestead, Nowick Gray shares walking meditations and wilderness adventures, true and magical stories from the heart of nature. Ranging from primitive survival skills and philosophic reflections to environmental politics, the author accompanies the reader on a probe of our human past and current condition. In the spirit of Emerson and Thoreau, Edward Abbey and Jim Harrison, My Country shows how our true home beckons as a living connection with the earth. The book offers "a view of life in the wilderness without ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 194 Pages (868 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Jan 30th, 2021

Littérature notre ciel! (French Edition) by Daniel Rondeau (Grasset) Price verified 31 minutes ago

"Au moment d'être propulsé par la porte du tambour dans le hall de l'hôtel Schweitzer Hof, j'avais aperçu un homme qui me tendait le bras en rugissant. Un sourire large, une voix de stentor, une crinière lisse et blanche, un nez pointu, un regard noir, très tendre sous la houle piquante des sourcil, un teint de rose, c'était lui, Heinrich Maria Ledig Rowholt." D. R.

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 43 Pages (1,376 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Jan 25th, 2021

Visitors to the Inner Earth: True Tales of Subterranean Journeys by Professor Solomon (Top Hat Press) 4.1 Stars (60 Reviews)    Price verified 45 minutes ago

True tales (or so it was claimed) of subterranean journeys. * King Herla in the cavern of the dwarfs * Enkidu and his descent into Sheol * Orpheus and Aeneas in Hades * Sir Owen in Purgatory * Cuchulain in Tir-nan-Og * Reuben and the mikvah stairway * Reverend Kirk and his abduction * Richard Shaver and the Deros * Saint-Yves d'Alveydre in Agharta * Thomas the Rhymer in Fairyland * Olaf Jansen and the polar opening * Apollonius of Tyana in the Abode of the Wise Men * Lobsang Rampa beneath the Himalayas * Doreal and the ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 314 Pages (2,837 KB) / Lending: Enabled / Added: Dec 12th, 2020

#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How to Make Sure It Never Happens Again by Louisa Bacio (Riverdale Avenue Books) 4.3 Stars (76 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

#MeToo: Essays About How and Why This Happened, What It Means and How To Make Sure It Never Happens Again More than 16 million people had posted their #MeToo story and support against sexual harassment by mid-October as a reaction to Rose McGowan's brave admission that she had allegedly been raped by Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. A groundswell of reaction to and exposure of this sexual predation was unleashed that has spread throughout Europe and beyond. New revelations of unacceptable behavior in every industry break every ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 154 Pages (290 KB) / Lending: Enabled / Added: Dec 5th, 2020

Charles Watson Speaks Out: formerly "Manson's Right-Hand Man Speaks Out!" by Charles "Tex" Watson 3.4 Stars (305 Reviews)    Price verified 45 minutes ago

Charles Watson Speaks Out is an interview with Charles Watson, covering ten intriguing subjects chapter by chapter. It provides something for everyone, including factual information for the historian, counsel for parents in raising successful children, research assistance for students, and answers for teenagers. Those searching will find the Truth and see at last how to stop the pain.

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The Letters of William Cullen Bryant: Volume II, 1836–1849 by William Cullen Bryant (Fordham University Press) 5.0 Stars (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

The second volume of William Cullen Bryant's letters opens in 1836 as he has just returned to New York from an extended visit to Europe to resume charge of the New York Evening Post, brought near to failure during his absence by his partner William Leggett's mismanagement. At the period's close, Bryant has found in John Bigelow an able editorial associate and astute partner, with whose help he has brought the paper close to its greatest financial prosperity and to national political and cultural influence. Bryant's letters lf the ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 860 Pages (15,892 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Oct 19th, 2020

The Letters of William Cullen Bryant: Volume VI, 1872–1878 by William Cullen Bryant (Fordham University Press) 5.0 Stars (4 Reviews)    Price verified 26 minutes ago

In January 1872, Bryant traveled to Mexico City, where he was greeted warmly by President Benito Juarez; on this and other occasions he was feted for the Evening Post's sturdy condemnation in 1863 of the abortive invasion of Mexico, which was freshly remembered there. AT the close of his visit a local newspaper remarked that the "honors and hospitality which were so lavishly and generously conferred upon him were the spontaneous outpouring of a grateful people, who had not forgotten that when Mexico was friendless Mr. Bryant became ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 674 Pages (21,853 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Oct 19th, 2020

Vigilantes and the Media: 8 Horrific True Crime Stories of Vigilantes (Murder for Justice Book 1) by Ryan Becker 3.8 Stars (186 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Have you ever imagined the life of a vigilante to be exciting? Do you see them as righters of wrongs and seekers of justice? Or are they something more sinister? Vigilantes occupy a curious space in our collective psyche. On one hand, they are seen as almost modern knights, seeking truth and justice where the law has failed, while on the other they are no better than the criminals they seek, operating outside of normal societal conventions. In this book, Vigilantes and the Media: 8 Horrific True Crime Stories of Vigilantes, we ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 99 Pages (3,209 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Aug 22nd, 2020

The Happiness Corner: Reflections So Far by Ava Miles (Ava Miles, Inc.) 3.9 Stars (56 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books... come join the family with this uplifting story about one woman's search for happiness in the hardest of times. Fans of Brene Brown and Gretchen Rubin's THE HAPPINESS PROJECT will love this powerful personal happiness memoir. In 2013, Ava left a successful, six-figure career working as a conflict expert rebuilding war zones to launch herself as a writer. What most people don't know is that choice was born on a transformational night of self-discovery in ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 237 Pages (1,958 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Aug 19th, 2020

As Jesus Passed By: White Tree Publishing Edition by Gipsy Smith (White Tree Publishing) 4.8 Stars (10 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Rodney "Gipsy" Smith was born in a gipsy tent in Epping Forest, England. He was the son of gipsies, Cornelius Smith and his wife Mary. Growing up, he had to help support the family by making and selling items like clothes pegs around the area. He only had a few weeks at school one winter, and was unable to read or write. One day his father Cornelius came home to say that he had been converted, and was now a Christian. Cornelius helped bring his son to the Lord, and from that moment, Rodney wanted to share the way of salvation with ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 239 Pages (5,013 KB) / Lending: Enabled / Added: Jul 2nd, 2020

Ask in Prayer by Tom Bowers 4.5 Stars (185 Reviews)    Price verified 6 minutes ago

Is Jesus the Christ? Is He my savior and redeemer? I resisted these questions and rebelled against the Methodist Church in high school. In college I followed Yogananda, an Indian guru. As a student at Brigham Young University, my friends convinced me to pray to know if Jesus was my Lord. I rejected God's answer to my prayer. Later I found hope in Reverend Sun Myung Moon's guidance. Thirty years after I started my spiritual quest, missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ found me. Again, I prayed and this time I accepted the ...

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Healing Criminal Justice: A Journey to Restore Community in Our Courts by Jeffrey Tauber (JJJ Press) 4.0 Stars (30 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

Healing Criminal Justice chronicles the author's journey as a criminal attorney, judge, and judicial activist navigating the criminal justice system. The central theme of the book is the rediscovery of the healing power of community within the criminal justice system. Judge Jeffrey Tauber lays out a vision of the future in which society, recoiling from an over-reliance on imprisonment, returns to its historic reliance on community to control criminal behavior. This is the story of how a young Oakland judge fought to keep drug ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 231 Pages (2,279 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Aug 8th, 2019

The Sue Kim Story: The Authorized Biography by Sarah Gerdes 4.3 Stars (133 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

Now in its 7th reprint, Sue Kim's story is one of tragedy, imagination, luck, perseverance and the hand of God as she went from a life of wealth and privilege to displaced refugee, immigrant then super stardom as the first wave of Koreans in American. Along the way, Sue broke racial barriers on every major stage in America, from New York to Los Angeles, pitched the first baseball at a MLB opener, was feted by Elvis, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, but ultimately met and married a New Yorker, who became the longest running casino boss ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 339 Pages (15,364 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Jul 4th, 2019

Genghis Khan: A Life From Beginning To End (One Hour History Military Generals Book 3) by Henry Freeman (Hourly History) 4.1 Stars (1,173 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

Genghis Khan Genghis Khan was the most unlikely of conquerors. An orphan of the Mongolian Steppes, his rise went all but unnoticed by all the great powers around him. His people had been divided and discounted by the Chinese dynasties to his south and completely dismissed by the encroaching Islamic empires to his west. Inside you will read about... Mystery of the Steppes When Warriors Are Made Rites of Passage A Battle Against Shamanic Destiny United They Stand Throwing Sand at an Empire Genghis Khan's Crusade The Last ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 40 Pages (2,452 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Jul 4th, 2019

The Vikings: Explore the Exciting History of the Viking Age and Discover Some of the Most Feared Warriors by History Compacted 4.2 Stars (446 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Take a journey back in time to witness the dawning of a civilization forever defined by its ferocious warriors, highly advanced seafaring technology, and thirst for adventure. The Viking Age! A brief footprint in the course of history that impacted generations hundreds of years into the future. You will dive into the depths of Scandinavia to find out what made the Vikings the most feared group of people in the European Middle Ages. Experts at warfare and navigating the high seas, the Vikings were on a mission and would not let ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 127 Pages (3,320 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: May 27th, 2019

True Crime Stories: A Prequel: 4 Shocking True Crime Cases (True Crime Anthology) by Jack Rosewood 4.0 Stars (2,352 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

There are killers who stalk their prey, learning all they can about an intended target before striking. Some commit the act of murder out of hatred or revenge for someone in their lives. Killers like Detlev Guenzel searched for like-minded souls who would allow them to indulge in their deepest darkest fantasies. Then of course, there are those who brutally murder for no apparent reason whatsoever. Each of the four true crime murder cases in this true crime anthology are all different from each other in many ways. The wife who was ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 82 Pages (2,472 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: May 17th, 2019

Old Portraits and Modern Sketches Part 1 from Volume VI of The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier by John Greenleaf Whittier 5.0 Stars (3 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

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Genre: Biographies & Memoirs [x] / Length: 173 Pages (540 KB) / Lending: Not Enabled / Added: Mar 31st, 2019

Exposing the Illuminati’s REM Driven Human Cloning Subculture Volume 1: Frequently Asked Questions March 25th 2012 to May 18th 2012 by Donald Marshall 4.0 Stars (47 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

This short document highlights Frequently Asked Questions Mr. Donald Marshall has received from the public since he first sent his letter to the world on 2nd December 2011 regarding the extent and prevalence of human cloning. This document allows the reader to have a further source of reference regarding the most pertinent information concerning the Illuminati. Readers should refer to "Empowerment by Virtue of Golden Truth" (Marshall 2015b) for a full discussion on the subject of "REM driven cloning". The main topic of discussion in ...

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The Anxiety of Freedom: Imagination and Individuality in Locke's Political Thought by Uday Singh Mehta (Cornell University Press) 4.8 Stars (6 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

The enduring appeal of liberalism lies in its commitment to the idea that human beings have a "natural" potential to live as free and equal individuals. The realization of this potential, however, is not a matter of nature, but requires that people be molded by a complex constellation of political and educational institutions. In this eloquent and provocative book, Uday Singh Mehta investigates in the major writings of John Locke the implications of this tension between individuals and the institutions that mold them. The process of ...

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Howell Harris: His Own Story by Howell Harris 4.6 Stars (45 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Howell Harris was brought up to regard the Nonconformists as "a perverted and dangerously erroneous set of people." Hardly a promising start for a man who was to play a major role in the Welsh Revival. Yet in these extracts from his writings and diaries we can read the thoughts of Howell Harris before, during and after his own conversion. We can see God breaking through the barriers separating "church and chapel", and discover Christians of different denominations preparing the country for revival. Wesley, Whitefield, Harris. These ...

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Unsolved Murders: A Stunning Look at Some of the Worlds Most Famous Unsolved Murders, Mysteries & Crimes: What Really Happened? (True Crime) by Victoria Mason 3.8 Stars (535 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

A Stunning Look At The Worlds Most Famous Unsolved Murder Cases, Unsolved Mysteries, Unsolved Crimes And What Really Happened? Have you ever watched those unsolved murder shows on tv and wondered, what really happened? Who did it? Why would someone do that? Unsolved murders are one of the most intriguing things that stir our minds. The habit of analyzing things and arriving at a conclusion was inculcated in us first when we were young through these shows and movies. Man is inquisitive by nature and this instinct has only grown ...

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Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be by Irwin L. Gordon 3.2 Stars (48 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

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Life of Muhammad by Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad 4.5 Stars (76 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

A popular edition of an excellent and affectionate account of life of the Prophet of Islam described as the most influential man in the history of the world. An orphan beckoned to the Call, persecuted by neighbours, driven from his home with a prize tag on his head, quickly establishing a strong community of believers ready to die for his teachings and finally returning triumphant only to forgive his tormentors. This biography does not merely recant the major events and turning points of Muhammad's (peace be upon him) life but ...

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Dear Anxiety. This Is My Life.: A Real Life Recovery Story by John Crawford 4.2 Stars (252 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

When John's frantic search for spiritual accomplishment delivered way more than he expected, things suddenly got extremely weird! A reality-shattering event propelled John, an ordinary twenty-two year old Londoner, into a terrifying world where the very fabric of reality itself could not be trusted. This sounds like fiction. It is not. Dear Anxiety is a first-hand account of John's extraordinary journey of recovery from an existential crisis so profound that it left most therapists clueless about where to even begin. After ...

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A Sea Queen's Sailing by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler 3.9 Stars (14 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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Belonging: A Memoir by Robert Fuller 4.5 Stars (25 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

"How did you make the leap from Physics to Dignity?" This question arises at every Robert Fuller talk. Belonging traces Fuller's personal evolution and suggests that taking one's questions seriously will lead to a life of meaning and purpose. Accompany Fuller as he meets with "somebodies" like Robert Oppenheimer, Indira Gandhi, Mikhail Gorbachev, David Bowie, John Denver, and President Jimmy Carter, and share in the wisdom he finds in people whom the world writes off as "nobodies." Belonging shows how transformative quests await ...

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Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities by J. Stephen (James Stephen) Jeans 4.1 Stars (7 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

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Some Personal Recollections of Dr. Janeway by James Bayard Clark 5.0 Stars (2 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

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Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing 3.7 Stars (74 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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La Constantin Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas père 3.4 Stars (4 Reviews)    Price verified one minute ago

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Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden Price verified 2 hours ago

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Vaninka Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas père 4.3 Stars (6 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

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John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea by William Henry Giles Kingston 3.6 Stars (19 Reviews)    Price verified 26 minutes ago

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The Autobiography of St. Ignatius by Ignatius of Loyola 4.1 Stars (463 Reviews)    Price verified 56 minutes ago

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself by Harriet Ann Jacobs 4.4 Stars (9,708 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

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Radio Boys Cronies Or, Bill Brown's Radio by Wayne Whipple 4.3 Stars (13 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

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Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell 4.1 Stars (23 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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Thomas Jefferson: A Character Sketch by Edward S. (Sylvester) Ellis 4.0 Stars (105 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

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Derues Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas père 3.5 Stars (20 Reviews)    Price verified 16 minutes ago

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Urbain Grandier Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas père 4.2 Stars (14 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

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Massacres of the South (1551-1815)Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas père 3.6 Stars (52 Reviews)    Price verified 16 minutes ago

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Marquise Brinvillier Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas père 4.5 Stars (11 Reviews)    Price verified 6 minutes ago

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The Countess of Saint Geran Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas père 3.6 Stars (19 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

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Ali Pacha Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas père 3.7 Stars (26 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

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Karl Ludwig Sand Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas père 3.5 Stars (5 Reviews)    Price verified 6 minutes ago

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Marquise De Ganges Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas père 4.3 Stars (14 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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Joan of Naples Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas pére 4.2 Stars (7 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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Martin Guerre Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas père 4.0 Stars (12 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope 4.1 Stars (114 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by Alexander Pope 4.5 Stars (12 Reviews)    Price verified 3 hours ago

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George Cruikshank by William Makepeace Thackeray 2.5 Stars (4 Reviews)    Price verified 56 minutes ago

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Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hermann Hagedorn 4.2 Stars (40 Reviews)    Price verified 6 minutes ago

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The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch; being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls by Plutarch 4.8 Stars (13 Reviews)    Price verified 6 minutes ago

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Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Margot Asquith 3.3 Stars (28 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

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