Memoir by Suleika Jaouad

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A Story With Highs and Lows that will keep your emotions rolling Description In the summer after graduating from college, Suleika Jaouad was preparing, as they say in commencement speeches, to enter “the real world.” She had fallen in love and moved to Paris to pursue her dream of becoming a war correspondent. The real world she found, however, would take her into a very different kind of conflict zone. It started with an itch—firstRead More →

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Review, Giveaway & Author Interview Join us for this tour from Jan 13 to Feb 2, 2021! Details Book Title: Dying to Belong: How I Accidentally Found Myself by Diane MullinsCategory:  Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 178 pagesGenre:  MemoirPublisher:  Funshine PublishingRelease date:  March 2020Content Rating: PG-13 due to a few cuss words Description As a very shy, meek, and insecure little girl, Diane Mullins grew up theyoungest of seven children in an abusive family. Never shown orRead More →

book by Doreen M. Cumberford

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        Join us for this tour from August 24 to September 4, 2020!Book Details:   Book Title:  Life in the Camel Lane: Embrace the Adventure by Doreen M. CumberfordCategory:  Adult Non-Fiction (18 +),  288 pagesGenre:  MemoirPublisher:  White Heather PressRelease date:   April, 2020Content Rating:  G. There are no offensive scenes or language   Book Description:Life in the Camel Lane: Embrace the Adventure is what Doreen Cumberford, a Scottish author, calls her learnoire! It isRead More →

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    Join us for this tour from June 15 to June 26, 2020! Book Details: Book Title:  A Secret Life: Enduring and Triumphing Over OCD: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by James S. Juliana Category:  Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 176 pages Genre:  Self-Help, Mental Health Publisher:  Self-Published Release dates:   October 2019 Tour dates: June 15 to June 26, 2020 Content Rating:  PG. This self-help book deals with adult subject matter of mental illness. Book Description: Are you oneRead More →

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How I Escaped Communist Vietnam and Built a Successful Life in Amercica Review-Giveaway-Author Q&A Book Description: “American Dreamer” is an inspirational, first-hand account of the motivating power of an immigrant’s dream for a better life. From the rural Vietnam of Tim Tran’s childhood to his eventual escape to America and his rise as CFO of a multi-billion-dollar company, Tran’s memoir is a lesson in perseverance and ingenuity. After he initially left Vietnam in 1970 toRead More →

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My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World’s Most Notorious Terrorists by Tracy Walder and Jessica Anya Balu Publisher’s Description When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought that one day she would offer her pink beanbag chair in the Delta Gamma house to a CIA recruiter, or that she’d fly to the Middle East under an alias identity. The Unexpected Spy is the riveting story of Walder’s tenure inRead More →

Book by W. L. Warren, M.D.

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A Neurosurgeon’s Look at Faith, Doubt, and the Things We Think We Know Publisher’s Description Dr. W. Lee Warren, a practicing brain surgeon, assumed he knew most outcomes for people with glioblastoma, head injuries, and other health-care problems. Yet even as he tried to give patients hope, his own heart would sink as he realized, I’ve seen the end of you. But it became far more personal when the acclaimed doctor experienced an unimaginable family tragedy.Read More →

Kyle Carpenter, hero

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Building A Life Worth Fighting For Publisher’s Description From the youngest living recipient of the Medal of Honor, an extraordinary inspirational memoir that will change the life of every reader. “Kyle displayed a heroism in the blink of an eye that will inspire for generations” —President Barack Obama, at Kyle Carpenter’s Medal of Honor ceremony I want my story to help others see what’s extraordinary in themselves. —Kyle Carpenter On November 21, 2010, U.S. MarineRead More →

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My Life in War, Peace, and the Cockpit of the Navy’s Most Lethal Aircraft, the F/A-18 Super Hornet A fresh, unique insider’s view of what it’s like to be a woman aviator in today’s US Navy—from pedicures to parachutes, friendship to firefights. Authors: Caroline Johnson with Hof Williams Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (November 5, 2019) Genre: Memoir Read an Excerpt Hardback: 336 pages Synopsis Caroline Johnson was an unlikely aviation candidate. A tall blonde debutanteRead More →

Tara Westover book

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– A Truly Astonishing Account – ABOUT THE BOOK An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received anRead More →

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Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be   Author:  Rachel Hollis Publisher: Thomas Nelson (February 6, 2018) Genre: Self-Help Click to Read a Sample Hardcover: 240 pages Kindle: 240 pages Description Do you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don’t have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: that’s a lie. As the founder of theRead More →

memoir

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– A Remarkable Family You Won’t Soon Forget! – Description On June 10, 2008, Carol Decker walked through the hospital doors a healthy woman with flu-like symptoms and early labor contractions. Three months later, she returned home a blind triple-amputee struggling to bond with a daughter she would never see. Unshattered: Overcoming Tragedy and Choosing a Beautiful Life recounts Carol’s fight for survival against sepsis and its life-shattering complications. From excruciating skin grafts to learningRead More →

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– Surviving The Attack On Mount Carmel –   The author, David Thibodeau, is one of the few survivors of the raid in Waco, Texas, on April 19, 1993. Thibodeau shares his story regarding why he joined the community led by David Koresh and what went on inside the compound, some things good, some extremely objectionable. But all things are educational and informative since he was there. This book is an updated version of hisRead More →