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"I've been single for my entire life. Not one boyfriend. Not one short-term dating situation. Not one person with whom I regularly hung out and kissed on the face." So begins Katie Heaney's memoir of her years spent looking for love, but never quite finding it. By age 25, equipped with a college degree, a load of friends, and a happy family life, she still has never had a boyfriend...and she's barely even been on a second date. Throughout this laugh-out-loud...
2) Run!
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Run! tells the story of how LGBTQ+ people in San Jose/Silicon Valley progressed from being political outcasts to becoming a force that gained political power, equality, and acceptance.
Having lived and breathed queer activism for almost 40 years, Ken Yeager is uniquely positioned to tell the story of how this happened. The strategies he used and the lessons he learned will serve as a guide for activists organizing to counter the current uptick of...
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In 1992, Dr. Ross A. Slotten signed more death certificates in Chicago-and, by inference, the state of Illinois-than anyone else. As a family physician, he was trained to care for patients from birth to death, but when he completed his residency in 1984, he had no idea that many of his future patients would be cut down in the prime of their lives. Among those patients were friends, colleagues, and lovers, shunned by most of the medical community because...
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Joi-Marie almost has it all; a thriving career, a supportive family, great friends, and an apartment in Manhattan. What she doesn't have is a husband.
Ambitious, confident, and successful, Joi-Marie believes she has it all figured out. At 28 years old, she has an enviable job as a producer, covering entertainment in New York City. Her close-knit family is loving and encouraging, and her boyfriend, Adam, is as close to perfect as you can get - except...
5) Zero Risk
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We live in a dangerous world. And the stories of war and terrorism that fill our screens are brought to us by brave journalists who put their lives on the line. They will always face peril, but now they can work in much greater safety, thanks to the determination and dedication of one remarkable man.
Tony Loughran's life has been all about risk - taking it, preventing it. He survived a tough childhood in working-class Liverpool, then joined the navy,...
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Tiffany Haddish is back with her highly anticipated new essay collection, I Curse You With Joy.
It's been a minute since readers last sat down with Tiffany Haddish. Since The Last Black Unicorn, Haddish has catapulted to A-List fame as the breakout star of Girls Trip. She's walked the Oscars red carpet, released a hit stand-up special with Netflix, and made history as the first black female comedian to host Saturday Night Live and Shark Week. ...
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Dr. Antonia Novello is a vanguard in the United States and Puerto Rico, whose enduring commitment to service has left an indelible mark on the world of public health. With a distinguished career including serving as the US Surgeon General and the New York State Commissioner of Health during 9/11, her story highlights an unwavering dedication to improving the well-being of individuals and communities.
Dr. Novello's story is one of challenges faced...
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John Tournour, known to his many listeners and fans as JT the Brick, is one of the biggest sports radio personalities in America. Making it as a sports radio host is almost impossible, and JT went about it in a fearless way, leaving a lucrative position as a Merrill Lynch stockbroker to pursue his dream. But Tournour's hardest challenge would come when his best friend and mentor, Andrew Ashwood was diagnosed with cancer.
THE HANDOFF is about JT the...
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Though about me and woven from painful episodes from my childhood, the intent is not to elicit pity. The objective of the narrative is to evoke in reader's mind the memory of those brief moments that had seemed negligible and almost trivial when first experienced but had eventually became life changing and had a lasting effect on reader's conscious and subconscious behavior.Set the price to $0 before downloading.This book may be copied, distributed,...
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Saigon fell to the Viet Cong on April 30, 1975. Kien Nguyen watched the last U.S. Army helicopter leave without him, without his brother, without his mother, without his grandparents. Left to a nightmarish existence in a violated & decimated country, Kien was more at risk than most because of his odd blond hair & his light eyes - because he was Amerasian. He was the most unwanted. Told with stark & poetic brilliance, this is a story of survival &...
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How does a carefree, four-day honeymoon trip from California to New Mexico turn into a trap, resulting in a jail sentence in El Paso and a deportation to Holland? The Illegal from Holland tells how a Dutch citizen and her American husband travel halfway around the world to overturn her deportation. Along the way, they learn about the amazing inefficiency of the U.S. Immigration Department and the ominous danger of the blind hostility and prejudices...
12) Up out of Egypt
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Up out of Egypt is the personal story of Helen Marsh. Her story begins as a young, rebellious teenager, who from the age of 12 was in search of acceptance from her peers and a life of fun. By the time she was 14, she became sick and when hospitalized, it was discovered that she not only suffered from glandular fever, but that she was pregnant. To cover her wrong she lied again, telling her parents she had been raped. The police were called in and...
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If you were astounded by the unlikely true story of a life-changing friendship in Same Kind of Different as Me, you can now go deeper into the story and its powerful themes with the Same Kind of Different As Me DVD-Based Conversation Kit and its accompanying Conversation Guide. Perfect for your individual study or a small-group discussion, the Same Kind of Different As Me Conversation Guide will be your companion as you watch the DVD, providing insights...
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The Unabomber murdered her brother, his stuff goes up for auction and Barbara Murray wakes her self up in the morning cussing. After 15 years, Kaczynski or Teddy-K as Barb likes to call him, spiked her anger once more like an explosion in her head. What to do? How do you control your dreams? "Drama therapy," Barb thought she heard the counselor say. "Sign me up," was her response, making the commitment. The counselor responded, "it's hard work, but...
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The language between blacks and whites was so different it took me a while to understand what either was saying to me. Remember, I said the brother called me a dog? Well, I thought that sort of slang was universal to all the people of The City of Golden Streets. My ignorance of the culture got me in trouble in a big way. I walked up to this white girl and greeted her with a rowdy, "What's up dawg?"Now you know the old saying that white men can't jump?...
16) Eneros
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En este relato, la autora explica, al comienzo, las razones psicológicas que descubrió en el 2023 que la llevaron a demorar 22 años para culminar este libro. La motivaba para escribir su convencimiento de dejar a sus hijos y sus nietos la mayor cantidad de datos de sus antepasados con el propósito de consolidar sus identidades. Descubrió que la lentitud para escribir fue causada por el miedo aprendido y no superado. Eneros narra la historia de...
17) Popurrí de mí
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Romina nos sumerge en una lectura tan descriptiva y vívida, tal como lo es ella, al contar sus relatos, yendo y viniendo por su vida, sus miedos, sus enojos, sus desilusiones, pero también por sus formas de resolverlas, su cambio de postura frente a ciertas cuestiones. Así, impregna estas páginas de nuevos sentidos y significados, de sus propias convicciones y claro que sí: de sus logros.
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Kick Ass: Changing the Odds through Faith, Will, and Hard Work is a powerful narrative of resilience and determination. The author recounts her journey following a catastrophic accident that left her paralyzed from the neck down, a condition akin to that of Christopher Reeve. In her darkest hour, she turned to Christ, whose response marked the beginning of a remarkable turnaround.
Her head therapist, upon her departure from acute rehab, confessed...
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The goal is ninety. Just ninety clean and sober days to loosen the hold of the addiction that caused Bill Clegg to lose everything. With six weeks of his most recent rehab behind him he returns to New York and attends two or three meetings each day. It is in these refuges that he befriends essential allies including Polly, who struggles daily with her own cycle of recovery and relapse, and the seemingly unshakably sober Asa.
At first, the support...
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The life of Madame Claude, the brilliant and complicated and utterly amoral woman behind the most glamorous and successful escort service in the world.
In post-WWII Paris, Madame Claude ran the most exclusive finishing school in the world. Her alumnae married more fortunes, titles and famous names than any of the Seven Sisters. The names on her client list were epic-Kennedy, Rothschild, Agnelli, Onassis, Niarchos, Brando, Sinatra, McQueen, Picasso,...
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