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This book is the biography of biographers gem-like father Sopankaka, an ardent devotee of Lord Vitthal of Pandharpur from Maharashtra and a follower of the Warkari sect. Born in a downtrodden and marginalized community mired in superstition and ignorance, illiterate Sopankaka had to toil a lot to...

Judys mother Sallie suffered from Alzheimers for many years. Judy wrote this book to share her experiences as Sallies caregiver in an effort to help others cope with a loved ones Alzheimers and to help them enjoy the ride. Excerpt from the book: " While she was still physically with us,...

Research in school success in contemporary China has argued that market reforms have reproduced the advantages for children from the cadre and the professional families while simultaneously creating new opportunities for children of the new arising economic elites. However, it has performed less for...

Like a photo shoot, pictures flashed in Anthonys head as he reflected on the first time he heard the horrifying clank of the barred door that was now staring at his back, he vividly recalled, his face smashed against the dusty police car, bright red and blue Lights blindly flashing in his eyes. Everything...

Our American Reunion is a true account. It is primarily a story about motherhood. But It is also a story about the “Ghost in the wishing well.” That sentinel event in life which leads to a loss that remains as a lifelong scar. The ghost in the wishing well. The one which never will be set free...

Have you lost hope in life? Have you tried everything possible to get on track? Have you experienced the blessed favor of abundance in your life, and somehow ended up losing it all? Have you recovered from your greatest mistakes in life? Only you that have took a look at the back of this book can...

Every step of the way, a child learns about the world around her. Family members ensure that she sees the beauty in everything and everyone. Devinya feels blessed that from the start, she has this guidance from God and loved ones. This book reveals all her experiences that have contributed to the...

Drifting, and yet full awake, I began to feel a warning breeze, chilling; enveloping: and so I looked up and when I did, I saw an ominous lone dark cloud, shadowing, floating East: I thought Nature; stirring, rustling leaves and winds to blast and swish across these sidewalk cobblestones with cloudbursts...

Mark Twain wrote in 1869 in Innocents Abroad: Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.? The...

If you and someone you love are going to be apart for a day, a week, a month or a year, you think about each other and you wonder what the other one is doing. You hope the other is safe and happy and has peace. When you wonder about those things we call it missing each other. This book provides fun...

A Real Life Sequal takes readers on a journey through changes we may encounter after a fairy tale ends. The story is designed to be a comforting light for young children who feel unrelated to the average plots. Its meant to present a modern unfortunate situation while still keeping the reality uplifting....

Today, I would learn the truth. An efficient sounding female voice answered the phone, Dallas County Police Department. Where do I begin? What do I say? Yes ma'am, I need to speak with someone about a case that's twenty two years old. A case? What type of case? A...

This book is about a nice small town in NY State where two boys grew up and the mother that indured many hardships to make sure that her sons would grow to become fine young men and parents. Her beliefe in her GOD carried her through many diffacult times during the 1940s and 50s, the greate depression and two wars

This was the most helpful book while I was going through my divorce. Doug G Its a lonely walk through a divorce, but when family and friends are there to encourage and lift spirits, it gives great hope.The children of a broken home especially need the strength of family and God. When all hell on earth breaks forth, how much we need the Peace that only comes from Heaven.