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"An irreverent, disturbing and ultimately inspiring memoir by a Harvard-trained physician, whose addiction to prescription drugs led to disgrace, loss of his medical license, and rehab, until he recovered and began a career in counseling other addicts in addition to running his own medical practice. --Provided by the publisher"--
"Free Refills is the harrowing tale of a Harvard-trained medical doctor run horribly amok through his addiction to prescription...
3) Nikola Tesla
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A lo largo de este audiolibro, seremos testigos de la infancia de Tesla, su fascinante educación temprana y las influencias que lo llevaron a explorar los misterios de la electricidad y el electromagnetismo. Descubriremos cómo su enfoque en la corriente alterna cambió el mundo y cómo sus sueños de energía inalámbrica y comunicación global prefiguraron la era moderna de la tecnología.
Nikola Tesla, un nombre que evoca misterio y maravilla,...
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This book is a memoir of my husband (Hackchan Rhee) for the first 25 years of his life. It addresses not only his family life, but his family life as portrayed against the historical backdrop of Korea, which was often dangerous, and full of rigor. Reader needs to be able to be forthright, but also be capable of expressing the tension and difficulty in various situations.
5) Girl Hidden
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At the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains sits the small farm towns of Rockwell, Sugar Loaf, and Liledoun, North Carolina. A large family struggles to survive the chaotic nature of the family head: their mother, a terrifying blend of rage, disappointment, and religious command. Her husband follows sheepishly behind, a monster of his own kind.
And then there's young Jesse: unwanted from conception, but kept as a pawn for her mother's bidding. Her life...
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In this book, we see what God is able to do with a yielded vessel in such a short time. It spotlights an ex-Muslim's supernatural journey in her two and half years of walking with Christ. It takes the reader on a journey of adventures into partnership with God...
Alignment with God cannot be overemphasized in these fickle days and times. Hence everyone deserves a copy of this book as it opens the reader up to dimensions in God not often spoken about...
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Jay, the restless wanderer, rocks the lives of two strangers by introducing them to the strange world he has stumbled across-the streets of Melbourne. Rick, the bookworm, is torn away from his mundane academic life. Johnny, the paranoid poet, is released from his small-town worries.
When they hit the streets together, twisted tales rise from the gutters. The bathing man. The cardboard preacher. The mute who isn't a mute. The trio cast aside everything...
8) Me 'n' Clint
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Called "One of the best horse stories you'll read in a long time," Me 'n' Clint is less a "how to" than about the trade one young fellow unexpectedly fell into, fell in love with and bounced around in over much of a lifetime. Written with an authentic voice and wonderful balance of humor and expertise, this unusual telling, straight from the horseshoer's mouth, offers the reader a window into the everyday trials and tribulations of a farrier that...
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Immerse yourself in swinging 1960s London for an exciting ride around the globe as you discover the extraordinary, celebrity-filled life of one amazingly vibrant woman.
When ten-year-old Juliette's father tragically dies, she is left alone with her mentally disturbed mother. As Juliette comes of age in London during the sixties while struggling to support her mother, she finds a job at London's Playboy Club as a casino bunny. The adventurous Juliette...
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When Linda González is sixteen, her father's son from México appears at the front door of her Southern California home. Before that moment, neither Linda nor her siblings knew their father had another child.
A beautiful, poignant story of families uniting across physical and emotional borders.
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Finn's next job takes him out on the Mississippi where a redneck boss isn't fond of long haired hippies. Will the first mate kick 'Mary Jane's' ass, bust him for pot, or go home to find the donkey man who's screwing his wife?
If Mark Twain were a baby boomer coming of age during the Vietnam War, maybe he'd have written about the adventures of Finn Briscoe. But since the great Missouri scribe is long gone, Finn himself is doing his best to carry on...
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If your mom is dead, is she still your mom? At twenty-five-nearly two decades after losing her mother to breast cancer as a little girl-an accident on a downtown street unleashes startling emotional reactions in Peg Conway, and this question starts to percolate. She comes to understand what she's experiencing as long-buried childhood grief, and as she marries and becomes a mother herself, Peg's intense feelings challenge her to offer herself compassion....
13) Stepping Up!
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WHERE IS GOD IN THE MIDST OF SUFFERING?
Caitie Crowley was in a traumatic car accident on her way home from work and almost lost her life. She couldn't walk for 10 months. She took that time to write about her experiences and how her faith in God carried her through her pain. This book takes the reader through Caitie's physical struggle of learning to walk again and her interior struggle of learning to walk with God through the cross. Through Him,...
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When a newborn girl is born protected in the Garden, pure and wild, her connection to God is untainted. She is sacred. She is born with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other; vulnerable, but armed to fight for her freedom. She carries a heart full of wonder and expectation, her entire life set before her. She dreams of greatness, and her imagination knows no bounds. A wide-eyed child, she is unaware of the serpents that lurk, seeking to violate...
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Michael Pennington has been working as a professional actor and director for the past 57 years. He has performed in every kind of play -- Chekhov, Shakespeare, Pinter, Ibsen, Stoppard, and many others -- as well as in television, radio and film. He has appeared at the National Theatre, in the West End of London, and in theatres throughout the world. From 1986 to 1992 he ran his own company, the English Shakespeare Company. He is an Honorary Associate...
16) French Illusions
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"This is a wonderful debut memoir, made much more appealing because it is true. A well written, fast-paced book enhanced by sprinkles of French..."
A futile lie. She does not speak French. She knows it was wrong to accept the nanny position.
You'll find this unusual story, based on Linda's diary from 1979, even more engaging because it reads like a novel.
Twenty-one-year-old Linda needs to learn a language fast in order to fulfill her lofty dreams....
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"Intrepid and empathetic, gifted with the dispassionate gaze of a born observer…a harmonious collage of worldview and character, a wunderkammer of experiences in a life fully lived." -Melissa Febos, The New York Times
"DeSanctis encounters spies and love interests, but it's her lushly polished writing that makes this book a joy to read." -The Washington Post
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An Upward Climb Toward Faith is the story of one woman's journey to reconnect with the God of her youth. Jackie Phillips shares details about her "faith walk" and "faith climb" as she travels through different stages of life. She reveals how challenging it is to do the right thing all the time.
As a young woman, she witnessed her mother demonstrate Christian faith daily. Images of her mother praying are etched into her mind like scenes in a movie....
19) Shadowman
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Johnny Daukes' memoir Shadowman tells the story of a young life corrupted by sexual abuse and a subsequent journey writing music, comedy and film that amounted to an unconscious recording and processing of that early trauma. The author's experiences playing in bands, writing and performing radio and TV comedy and refusing to be defined by the inexplicable events of his youth makes for a fascinating, compelling and frequently hilarious dissection of...
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This book is about an African American male frustrated as a result of difficulties he encountered growing up. He found his problem common to the majority of peer members of his ethnic group compared to other ethnic peer group members' experience. Johnson attributed his failure to the stripping away of the African American culture by the slave masters. He resolved to recover the "Africa" that was missing in him. Johnson traveled to his origin in Africa...
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