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Lágrimas Secas
El Triunfo Del Espíritu Humano
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 5, 2013
"Una lectura apasionante y profundamente compleja, que llega hasta lo ms hondo del dolor padecido por los judos en los campos de Transnistria... Arroja luz sobre un rea prcticamente desconocida.-Jerusalem Post.
Honesta y valiente. Un monumento que honra a los muertos de Transnistria, a...
Spectre Gunner
The Ac-130 Gunship
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013
This is the true story of Master Sergeant David M. Burns, an aerial gunner assigned to the deadliest squadron in air force history. Aboard the AC-130 Spectre gunship, he flew a total of 287 combat missions over Laos, South Vietnam, and Cambodia, in pursuit of the truck traffic coming down the Ho Chi...
In Destiny's Hands
Five Tragic Rulers, Children of Maria Theresa
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
Justin Vovks In Destinys Hands is the heartbreaking story of five children of Austrias iconic empress, Maria Theresa, who watched as their royal worlds were ripped apart by tragedy and epic misfortunes. These are the stories of Joseph, whose disastrous reign forced Austria to the brink of civil war;...
The Thistle and the Rose
Romance, Railroads, and Big Oil in Revolutionary Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Like Mexico itself, the McNab family story tells of a rich mix of culturesFrench, Scottish, Zapotec. The Thistle and the Rose captures that complexity, providing a unique lens through which to view a magnificent, complicated country during critical years of change.
In The Thistle and the Rose,...
A Special Brand of Courage
A Mother and Her Children’S Remarkable Escape from Nazi Germany
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2010
The story of an extraordinary woman who refuses to succumb to the inevitable and flees Nazi occupied Poland with two childrena journey that brought her love, betrayal and miraculously narrow escapes.
by Godwin Sadoh
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2007
Nigeria has been blessed with a few well-trained organist-composers since the arrival of Christianity in the most populous African country around the 1840s. The institutions established by European missionaries and the colonial administration had a great impact on the emergence of the 'Nigerian organ...
Only a Bad Dream?
Childhood Memories of the Holocaust
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
One of the youngest survivors of the Warsaw ghetto, author Sahbra Anna Markus lived a life only those who have survived Hitlers hell can imagine. In Only a Bad Dream? she narrates the drama of her early years through her most vivid memories. Sahbra courageously recounts those childhood experiences...
A Stripper's Tail
Confessions of a Las Vegas Stripper
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2005
For more than eight years, I lived and worked in the dark underworld of Las Vegas as an exotic dancer. Some things are worth repeating-others you try to forget. Unfortunately, you never forget. I decided it was time that somebody told the truth about what really happens in Las Vegas strip clubs and...
by Hoover Liddell
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
This book is about the youth, schools, places, and ideas that significantly deepen my life. It examines insights, philosophies, and observations that I read, question, seriously investigate, and live.
The students in the classroom can be natural inquirers who through connections they discover...
by Radha Rajagopal Sloss
Language: French
Release Date: January 19, 2012
Language: French
Release Date: January 19, 2012
Durant sa longue existence, le penseur religieux J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) a conquis lesprit de millions de gens travers lEurope, lInde, lAustralie et lAmrique du Nord. Disparu en 1986, il reste pour beaucoup une rfrence centrale dans les mouvements de libration spirituelle qui ont fleuri au XXe...
Retter
A Novel of the Mountains
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2000
This is an unusually sensitive book by an unusually gifted writer. A slightly fictionalized biography of the authors grandmother, Retter, it radiates out from a centerand this center is the courage and loving-kindness of an extraordinary mountain woman. We can speak of courage and love and wisdom,...
Puerto Rico: Land of Lost Dreams
Politics, Religion, and the ''Rican'' Way
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2010
Based on a true story of one mans journey living over 14 years in Puerto Rico. Details his life, his loves, his struggles with the Puerto Rican government, and the Puerto Rican police, as the society of the island falls into an abyss. He copes with living in an island that is called in the Caribbean,...
Clashing Waves
Memories of a Cuban Immigrant
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
Growing up in Havana, Cuba, author Waldo Lopez-Aqueress life has been one of challenge, heartbreak, and adversity. At four, he almost lost his own life shortly after his mother lost hers. He was then rejected by his paternal grandparents and siblings. But he found comfort and acceptance with his maternal...
I’m Already Professionally Developed
Straight from the Teacher’s Desk
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2019
Eddie Brown found himself in a spot most teachers know all too well: Some days he loved his job, and other days he hated it. Teaching gave him money to take care of his family and a sense of fulfillment. But the culture, the work, the bureaucracy, and the stress wore him out. He walked a thin line...