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You’ve Got Some Nerve: The Battle Back from an Invisible Injury by Derryen Plante

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About Featured Book: You’ve Got Some Nerve: The Battle Back from an Invisible Injury by Derryen Plante

Derryen Plante knew her destination in life long before she reached it: she was going to be a special investigator for the federal government working on high-level crimes. Every step she took was in preparation for one day achieving that dream.

Then, without warning, her dream was shattered.

While completing a unit check at the juvenile prison where she worked, Derryen was violently attacked by one of the inmates. She suffered a traumatic brain injury that sent her into a spiral of PTSD, depression, and multiple medical interventions. As she navigated her life after the attack, Derryen struggled to accept her new reality. She’d built her entire life around a dream that no longer seemed possible. Without that, who was she?

You’ve Got Some Nerve is Derryen’s real, raw, and honest account of how she redefined her life, navigated the challenges unique to brain injury recovery, and found support in unexpected places. Her journey offers keen insight into how each of us can support those suffering with the long-term effects of an invisible injury.

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Who Says It’s Over: A fading child star’s humorous and compelling true story about gambling, life-threatening encounters and a remarkable journey back to Hollywood prominence. by Joseph Walsh

About Who Says It’s Over: A fading child star’s humorous and compelling true story about gambling, life-threatening encounters and a remarkable journey back to Hollywood prominence. by Joseph Walsh:

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“Joseph Walsh wrote the best gambling movie ever, California Split, and now he’s out with a spectacularly entertaining Hollywood memoir…” –
Ben Mankiewicz, Film critic/Host of TCM

“…admire the good humor and gusto with which Walsh narrates his rocky path through the entertainment world.”  – Publishers Weekly

This wonderfully funny memoir of showbiz, gambling and the Hollywood elite, is one exciting roller coaster ride – whether dealing with hostile bookmakers looking to break legs – disastrous theatrical auditions – or a harrowing, near-death encounter with a bottle-slashing thug. From New York’s #1 child star in early TV, to ‘has-been’ by 18, back to ‘Hollywood somebody’, Walsh’s true-life adventure will keep you smiling, then holding your breath, then laughing out loud.

Undaunted by a fading career, his love of ‘action’ would intensify, giving rise to the obsessional belief that he was the greatest football handicapper known to man. Tapping his childhood friend, Elliott Gould, for his last 60 bucks, they would go on to destroy their first bookmaker for thousands, on a once-in-a-lifetime winning streak. Little did Walsh know it would lead him to the brink of death, and into ‘escape from New York’ mode. Arriving in Hollywood with hopes of cashing in on earlier fame, he quickly discovered Tinseltown had no interest in the kid who had starred with Danny Kaye in Hans Christian Andersen and Kirk Douglas in The Juggler.

Hanging tough, this never-say-die street kid would go on to eventually shine again – working with such notables as Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman, Elliott Gould, George Segal, Jack Nicholson, Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Gregory Peck, including memorable encounters with John Huston and Elvis Presley.

His destiny would be fulfilled when he turned his life experiences into the gambling film classic California Split. Anyone looking for an awesome comeback story, guided by grit and grace, is in for a real treat!

“Quite a life. It’s laugh-out-loud funny, riveting and just so damn good I was sorry it came to an end.”
Alan Ladd, Jr. / Former President of 20th Century Fox Pictures and Chairman & CEO of MGM Pictures, Academy Award
Winning Producer of Braveheart & Chariots of Fire.

“It’s extremely entertaining. Walsh has led an incredible life.”
Peter Gethers / Penguin Random House

“…a gold mine about a one of a kind human being and indefatigable spirit you gotta love.”
Elliott Gould / Actor

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‘Hollywood: Hollyweird’ Part 2 “Last Ditch Effort!” by Art Norman Jr.

About ‘Hollywood: Hollyweird’ Part 2 “Last Ditch Effort!” by Art Norman Jr.:

Whew!!! Well we’ve finally made it to the 2nd book & it is: ‘Hollywood: Hollyweird’ Part 2 “Last Ditch Effort! In this one we take a completely different approach because in ‘Hollywood: Hollyweird’ Part 1 it was all about me the Bodyguard all up in the twilight hours at the Club in HOLLYWOOD, CA!!! Running behind Chris Rock, Paris Hilton & Jamie Foxx, Kiefer Sutherland & Britney Spears just to name a few! But you see in Part 2 we go on the extended vacation cross country in the good ‘ole US of A – back east! What we do is take the most important thing learned in HOLLYWOOD is the ‘Hollywood Mentality!’ Especially after living there for close to a Decade it just jumps out – surprise, surprise! Our first stop is ‘DisneyWorld’ down in postcard picture Florida! It went well we had to make sure our feet were planted…..then we cold took off & grabbed the Title! Because thats what Hollywood, CA is the Top entertainment capital & Tourist attraction in North America! Next we had ‘Dollywood’ way up in the mountains of Gatilinburg, TN we had to break fool out there-the family & all with the cowboy hat & boots! But yet and still we just manhandle the Title! With the ‘Hollywood Mentality!’ Get my Drift? Also in Part 2 is the ‘Dynamic Duo!’ they solve mysteries in Tinseltown! They are ‘The Champ!’ a broke down version of James Brown but he’s slick & he’s been there for over 20 years! Then there is the thick dreadlock brotha that’s the ladies man all up in some Hollywood; but very intelligent! They do it right & they will helm ‘Hollywood: Hollyweird’ Part 3…..A Mystery Novel!…….So grab yourself a eBook or two & ‘Hollywood: Hollyweird’ Part 1 is available on this website as well! Thanks & enjoy! – Art Norman Jr.- black author.

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‘Hollywood: Hollyweird’ “How People Survive And Make It!” by Art Norman Jr.

About ‘Hollywood: Hollyweird’ “How People Survive And Make It!” by Art Norman Jr.:

Hello Everyone!!! I am glad to be here! 1st I would like to say that I am African-American & I would like to introduce my first book it is ‘Hollywood: Hollyweird’ “How People Survive And Make It!” It is based on my nearly Decade stay in good ‘ole HOLLYWOOD, CA!!! I was there as a Bodyguard that got to network in & around some of the top Celebrities in the World!! Such as the Legend Chris Rock who can still maintain & crack jokes at the club at 3am in the morning!!!! Next there is one of Hollywoods finest Ms. Paris Hilton she can hold her liquor…..Then there is the hillarious Oscar-winner himself Mr. Jamie Foxx who loves the Lamborghini yea the quiet one!! In the book we also take you on mind blowing adventures in the Fast Lane & much much more! So grab an eBook & enjoy! Thanks! -Art Norman Jr.-author.

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The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon by Sandy Hanna

About The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon by Sandy Hanna:

The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon tells the true story of ten-year-old Sandy, who moves with her American military family to Saigon, Vietnam where her father, the Colonel, serves as a military advisor to the South Vietnamese Army from 1960 to 1962. Blissfully living a life of French decadence, Sandy maneuvers between coups, spies, bombings, corruption, and scandal as she and her thirteen-year-old brother, Tom, run an illicit baby powder and Hershey bar business on the black market while attempting to live what would be considered a normal life of childhood: school, scouts, and movies at the underground theater. As children, she and her siblings live in the continuous present – perhaps the only way children can live.

When the Colonel’s counterpart, Colonel Le Van Sam, delivers an expose on the current ruling Diem regime, Sandy finds that her constant spying on her father’s activities has brought her face to face with the reality of Vietnam and the anti-American sentiment that pervades it. This coming-of age story takes place in a turbulent country striving for nationalism, giving the reader a stunning look into the life of military dependents living abroad and the underlying ignorance that surrounded a little understood time in history.

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New Yorkers: A Feisty People Who Will Unsettle, Madden, Amuse and Astonish You, by Clifford Browder

About New Yorkers: A Feisty People Who Will Unsettle, Madden, Amuse and Astonish You, by Clifford Browder:

Clifford Browder’s New Yorkers is the quirky memoir of a longtime resident who loves his city, a selective glance at that city’s amazing history, and a bit of a travel book, all rolled into one. A fun book, but with some serious moments. It’s for people who love (or hate) the city, and people who live there, and people who have visited or want to visit it. Readers will learn:

• Who New Yorkers are and how they live and die
• How many languages are spoken there (you’d be surprised)
• How many witches there are (you’d be surprised)
• Whose funeral caused an all-day riot
• Why a cemetery offers trolley-car tours and whiskey tastings
• Which flashy modern hotel would-be suicides should avoid at all costs, and why
How the author had an affair with a Broadway chorus boy (if the Cardinal Archbishop of New York could do it, so could he).

New York is the most exciting city in the world. Everyone should know it, at least a little. It’s unique.

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From Startupper to Cancer Fighter by Hamza Aboulfeth

About Featured Book: From Startupper to Cancer Fighter by Hamza Aboulfeth

Hamza Aboulfeth, a young Moroccan serial entrepreneur, publishes his first book, an autobiography titled From Startupper to Cancer Fighter. In the account of his life, this singular businessman tells the story of how he founded his first business—one that continues to thrive today—at the age of 17, and reflects on how his intrepidness and resolve to follow his dreams against all odds have shaped his remarkable trajectory from hacker and dropout to owner of numerous successful tech and food enterprises.

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Where Do Cats Go?

About Where Do Cats Go?:

Senka did not plan to be a crazy cat woman; it just happened.

Traditional cultural beliefs and her dad’s hunting dogs prevented young Senka from having pets until one day a move to England brought new opportunities and Brandy the cat. Her life changed forever.

When Brandy disappears, Senka’s world turns upside down. Six years later when Brandy reappears Senka finds herself in the middle of a legal battle, a tug-of-love, ensued with Brandy’s new owners on collective love for cats.

After Brandy, the addition of two more cats seemed like a simple matter, but when a previous owner comes knocking, Senka’s world is shattered again.

One woman’s journey to find her beloved cats can last a lifetime. Will her experiences teach her whom to love and whom to trust? Find out in Where Do Cats Go?

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Soaring to New Heights by Warren M Rice, Jr

Soaring to New Heights by Warren M Rice, Jr

Soaring to New Height is a testimonial about a man and his faith in God. From his birth to College. Warren Rice tells of his years of trusting God when things seem impossible, but become possible by faith in God.
Brain damage from birth, and rejected in grade school as a child, and told. He will never make anything of his life, he overcame.
Faith is pretty simple. Just trust God, no matter what. Warren’s life is a genuine biography of countless steps of faith and trust and incredible (otherwise unexplainable) ways that God answered this faithful man’s prayers. You will not be able to ignore the power of child-like faith that is powerful when we place everything into His hands. A living testimony to emulate a man who life shows impossible examples of faith made possible.
I can’t explain it or do I know how I knew, but I knew that this car was mine. The Lord had impressed on my mind that this car was mine. I knew that this was the car that the Lord wanted me to have.
The Lord impressed me to wait for the mail. I sure am glad I obeyed the Lord. That day I got a $300.00 check in the mail.
So, I cash the check, paid Tom, and got the bus. When I got to the house, and ask about the car. He said he had another buyer. When does he want to buy the vehicle?
Next week he said, and the buyer would give him $25.00 more, I said. You will have to wait a week to get another $25.00; I have $50 cash right now.
The man sold his 1969 Plymouth Barracuda car to me for $50.00.
This book is a must-read.

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The Breast Defense is a Good Offense by Cathy Croshaw

About Featured Book: The Breast Defense is a Good Offense by Cathy Croshaw

It isn’t every day you find out that you have breast cancer right smack in the middle of moving into your dream home. And as far as Cathy Croshaw—attorney, wife, mother, and proud new owner of a house in Lake Tahoe, California—was concerned, cancer wasn’t on the schedule.

Caught up in the whirlwind of moving day, her life packed into boxes and her husband directing movers from room to room, Cathy got the kind of phone call no one wants to receive: The hospital that had performed her routine mammogram just the day before wanted her back as soon as possible to run some more tests. Soon after, an official breast cancer diagnosis pierced through the chaos of her bright, busy life, bringing with it an unexpected new reality for Cathy and her loved ones. What came next is a human story shared by women around the world, told with uncommon wit and clarity.

A human story shared by women around the world, told with uncommon wit and clarity.

From advocating for the right medical team to trying on wigs to grappling with unforeseen medical side effects, Cathy Croshaw's experience with breast cancer proves that few things in this world are a match for preventive screening, a strong support network, and wicked sense of humor.

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The Other Side of Success by Martin Sawa

The Other Side of Success by Martin Sawa

The Other Side of Success is the unvarnished account of one man’s search for meaning as his professional life is constantly challenged by the impact of love, family, religion, and race. In this intimate memoir, Sawa strives to find home in the truest sense, while struggling with the unforeseen costs of making it.

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Bully Shack by Paul Davidson

About Bully Shack by Paul Davidson:

The Kid learned the hard way that you can try to be a pacifist in a world full of clenched fists, stiff upper lips and mean looks, but it won’t get you far—and it might get you killed.

A true story about fighting which happened years ago. The story is told exactly how it happened. Some practical anti-bullying tips are provided.

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Wacky on the Junk

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“In this hilarious debut memoir, Kathy Varner reflects on a life lived on the fringes of ordinary. From an awkward childhood as the youngest of five, living off sweets and processed foods, to a wild adolescence of drinking, drugs, and Deadhead hijinks, to a harrowing career with social services, Kathy takes it all in stride, embracing the beauty and pain of life with a sardonic wit and a sense of adventure that remains undampened—no matter how wacky things get.”

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A Way Forward: My Years In The Marine Corps

About A Way Forward: My Years In The Marine Corps:

Can a teenage boy struggling with school, family, and drugs turn his life around to become successful? Not without the help of a nearly two-hundred-and-fifty-year-old American institution called the United States Marine Corps. A Way Forward: My Years in the Marine Corps reveals how a Marine recruiter used every old trick in the book to compel young Christian Dattwyler to sign his life away for government service. The memoir delves into his mindset as he experiences legendary Marine Corps boot camp, ‘Grunt’ training, and his life while assigned to the Fleet Marine Force.

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You Can’t Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties by Carol E. Anderson

About You Can’t Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties by Carol E. Anderson:

How do you live an authentic live while keeping a secret?

This award-winning memoir chronicles one woman’s struggle to be true to herself as she grapples with the ramifications of accepting that she’s gay amid the religious, social and legal norms of the Sixties.

Raised in a fundamentalist Christian home Carol Fears the rejection of her parents, with whom she shares a loving relationship, she hides the truth and pursues false romances with men while struggling to harness her powerful attractions to women. The watershed point in Carol’s journey comes when she returns to graduate school and discovers the feminist movement, which emboldens her sense of personal power and the freedom to love whom she chooses.

But this sense of self-possession comes too late for honesty with her father. His unexpected death before she can tell him the truth brings the full cost of Carol’s secret crashing in compelling her to come out to her mother before it is too late. Candid and poignant, You Can’t Buy Love Like That reveals the complex invisible dynamics that arise for gay people who are forced to hide their true selves in order to survive and celebrates the hard-won rewards of finding one’s courageous heart and achieving self-acceptance and self-love.

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The Secret Everyone Knew by Natasha Mason

About The Secret Everyone Knew by Natasha Mason:

Natasha Mason grew up in the small town of Hartford,
Connecticut. At the age of 5, her mother’s boyfriend began
to abuse her sexually. By the age of 11, the abuse
progressed to verbal and physical abuse.
Growing up, Natasha would often go to her grandmother’s
house to get away from the abuse. Her mother was being
abused as well. As Natasha got older and her family moved
to California, she began to seclude herself. She lived this
way until her early twenties when she started to go to church
and strengthened her relationship with God. The abuse
continued until she was 28 years old when God told her to
leave and that is what she did

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The Beginning Journey: Life of a Twelve Year- Old

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This story is about a woman’s journey from childhood to adulthood and religious faith guides her every step of the way – through unsettling times, matters of life and death, challenges of morality, grief, familial responsibilities, trauma, and triumph… Being courageous enough to overcome social issues and emotional turmoil, the lessons learned on her journey are thought-provoking and compelling. This book delivers an inspirational and poignant message for readers of all ages: ‘Without faith, life is a bowl of jelly! But God Almighty provides for His children.’

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Life, Loss and Love

About Life, Loss and Love:

A compelling true story of one Woman’s sheer courage and strength as she is faced with depression and suicide. She brings her children through with faith and hope but battles her own health decline. If you are looking for a page turner and hope and inspiration this book will not disappoint! A bargain at 99cents and kindle unlimited Amazon.com

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A Journey of Riches – Returning to Love by John Spender

A Journey of Riches – Returning to Love by John Spender

In the latest in his series of books, A Journey of Riches, author John Spender has collaborated with nine other writers who each have a story to tell that will touch your soul and leave you in no doubt that there is love enough for us all, with stories that show:
How we are all tied together and united by love
Why forgiveness is everything
Loving yourself is as important as loving another.

Everything is possible when you love
Mastering self-love
Why we should leave the past behind us
The way to achieve peace and happiness
And more…
The language of love is universal and transcends all else. It can bind us together like no other force in the universe and is impossible to break when it has a solid and lasting foundation.

Available free on Amazon July 20th to July 24th, 2020

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Aiming High: How a Prominent Sports and Celebrity Agent Hit Bottom at the Top by International Best Selling Author, Darren Prince

Aiming High: How a Prominent Sports and Celebrity Agent Hit Bottom at the Top by International Best Selling Author, Darren Prince

Darren Prince is the CEO & President of Prince Marketing Group and now an international best-selling author of his powerful memoir, Aiming High. Darren Prince is a sports and celebrity agent who, at the age of 14, founded a mail-order company selling baseball cards and traveling around the country participating in trade shows. At the age of 20, he sold his company and became an industry leader in private autograph signings for sports and celebrity memorabilia with athletes and celebrities. A-List celebrities included Muhammad Ali, Hulk Hogan, Pele, Joe Montana, Carmen Electra, and Jenny McCarthy.

In 1995 Prince started a new venture with Prince Marketing Group (PMG), representing athletes and celebrities for marketing deals consisting of endorsements, licensing, TV, movie and book deals, autograph signings, and appearances. His first client to sign with the firm was none other than Magic Johnson and they have become good friends still today! Soon after Smokin’ Joe Frazier, Dennis Rodman, Pamela Anderson, and Chevy Chase followed.

With PMG growing at an enormous pace, Prince added Scottie Pippen, Clyde Drexler, Mickey Rourke, Roy Jones Jr, Micky Ward, and the late Evel Knievel as clients over the years. “The sports/entertainment industry is a small world and very competitive,” says Darren Prince, CEO of Prince Marketing Group. “Prince Marketing Group has prospered over the years by delivering out of the box thinking for clients and building relationships through the practice of good business and effective networking.”

As an author, writer, and recovery advocate, Darren gives back through his new foundation of the same name to help others to get the help they need from opioid addiction and have hope to begin and maintain recovery. Darren’s “Aiming High” is the astonishing story of his battle with addiction while representing some of the most iconic figures in the world. After a drug overdose, many demoralizing nights, and mornings where Darren couldn’t get out of bed without a prescription in hand, Darren hit rock bottom – and in the process discovered the true meaning of success…

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