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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:

Sandy Hanna’s memoir of her childhood in Vietnam reveals the young naiveté and protected existence of American military privilege in a foreign country. In The Ignorance of Bliss, this precocious preteen, plopped down in the middle of 1960 Saigon, finds an adventurous life of freedom. But don’t believe for a minute that the young Sandy is a passive child awed by culture shock, gunfire, and timidity. No, here we have an astute survivor aware of the dangers around her who fiercely protects her siblings when she needs to, scrambles from nervous Vietnamese participants of a military coup, and barks orders at an ARVN soldier assigned as her family’s driver. Additionally, she wisely absorbs the mentoring of a servant’s college-age daughter and is deeply informed by an influential American sixth-grade teacher. What we find, further, is a crafty entrepreneur, at times conversing in French and Vietnamese, risking her safety as a child selling wares in a dark bazaar, and accumulating money with a singular, powerful goal in mind all while her distracted and overwhelmed parents remain clueless to her whereabouts. Sandy becomes an alert witness to history, both personal and global, greatly expanding an understanding of the US conflict that soon exploded into the Vietnam War. By watching and stealthily listening in to her beloved dad, the Colonel, and his Vietnamese military counterpart, she learns about the dirty politics of a corrupt leader, the brutal chaos to come, and an impending departure that borders on escape. Ms. Hanna grabs you by the arm and whisks you into the unrestrained and semi-lawless world of 1960 Saigon, where her family spent two intriguing years. Hanna dabs into a rich palette, creating varying perspectives and images of history, cultures, couture, cuisine, sibling adventures, memories and parent recollections, all of which add up to a compelling written documentary.

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ANGELBABY by Sue Quinones

ANGELBABY by Sue Quinones

Sue Quinones and her husband Jose
adopted two Hispanic children. They thought adoption was a reasonable option for completing their family.
Surprise! It was anything but ordinary. The second child, a baby girl, had several supernatural gifts from God. Read this unbelievable true story to find out!

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Everyone Needs a Larry by Jennifer Greenhut Tollin and Larry Tollin

Everyone Needs a Larry by Jennifer Greenhut Tollin and Larry Tollin

Meet Jenn and Larry, an ordinary couple who met on Match.com and dreamed of a life together with children, fun, and travel. Then Jenn noticed a lump under her arm. Within a week, she was diagnosed with stage IV triple-negative breast cancer.

Told from both the patient and caregiver perspectives, Everyone Needs a Larry is a he-said-she-said quirky, romantic, and humorous survival story that shares the lessons, mistakes, and joys of a couple fumbling their way through cancer, love, and marriage.

Jenn and Larry thoughtfully address those universal questions, does everything happen for a reason? Is love all that we need? Uplifting and inspiring, Everyone Needs a Larry provides helpful paths toward overcoming adversity, leaving us deeply grateful for the lives we do have, while honoring all of the “Larrys” out there in the world.

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Many Million Dreams Ago: A Recollection of Romances

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From self-harm to casual sex—, join one’s journey toward trying to find his other half while experiencing some of love’s darker sides.

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Many Million Dreams Ago: A Recollection of Romances by Dre Carlan


About Featured Book: Many Million Dreams Ago: A Recollection of Romances by Dre Carlan

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From self-harm to casual sex—, join one’s journey toward trying to find his other half while experiencing some of love’s darker sides.

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First Survivor by Mark Unger

First Survivor by Mark Unger

The inspiring, true story of how one families tireless search for answers saved their son and countless others from a rare form of pediatric cancer. With the help of some of the best doctors in the word and the advocacy of his parents, Louis Unger beat a zero chance of survival diagnosis to become the first survivor. All profits are donated to charity. On sale for $1.99 from June 27-29.

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Conversations with Ayahuasca by Ol Serbon


About Featured Book: Conversations with Ayahuasca by Ol Serbon

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Description:
I wasn’t planning on becoming an author, but a writing spell suddenly kicked in during an ayahuasca ceremony that took place at one of the spiritual retreat centers in the Sacred Valley, Peru, in 2019.
Voice: “Write this!”
Me (under the influence of ayahuasca): “Write what?”
Voice: “Start writing whatever you are experiencing now…”
Me (uncomfortable since I am taking to a voice in my own head): “But … it is impossible to describe in words what I am experiencing now!”
Voice: “Stop whining and start writing.”

What you just have read is an excerpt from one of a series of conversations I had with a guide named Aya that began during my last ayahuasca ceremony at the retreat center in the Sacred Valley and which continued for several months after I came back home from Peru.

Upon my return, a strange story started flowing through me that I recorded on paper. At first, it seemed almost like a dream. The writing turned into a mental and emotional purge, which continued until there was nothing else for me to say. Once it was over, I knew that it was the end of that story. As the result, I felt transformed. I had eliminated the need to blame others for my misfortunes or to see myself as a victim of circumstance. In the process, I learned that we are the masters of our own reality. We create it one thought at a time.

My book, Conversations with Ayahuasca, is a unique blend of a memoir and ayahuasca-induced visionary experiences that began with my rendezvous with la Madre Ayahuasca and resulted not only in a complete transformation of my everyday life, but also in developing an ability to tap into what seemed to me as a different reality system, one where I perceived myself as a Lemurian girl. If this perception of me being in a different body in a different time-space reality was indeed a window into a past incarnation in Lemuria or if it was just a figment of my imagination is for you to decide.

In brief, this book is about the transformation of my perception of reality, which took place over a four-year period as a result of partaking in ayahuasca ceremonies and subsequently integrating what I learned into the way I lead my daily life with greater ease, joy, and peace of mind.

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American Familia by David A. Morales


About Featured Book: American Familia by David A. Morales

Dream Big. Become More.

Told as a conversation between David and his two sons, American Familia is David’s story of growing up in rural poverty in Puerto Rico and urban poverty in the United States, detailing hopeful and transformative life-lessons along the way.

This is also his family’s story: one of faith, grit, and empowerment. Part memoir and part rallying cry, this book encourages discounted youth with a vision of hope that they, too, can transcend their environment and situation—and achieve more, be more, and become more. David’s story provides guidance on how to overcome challenges in the face of great pressure and gives direction on how to develop purpose and embrace opportunities with courage and personal responsibility.

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The Choirboy and the Bellydancer by Christine Potter

About The Choirboy and the Bellydancer by Christine Potter:

An entertaining love story of two English-born war babies who met at 16 when HE took her home because SHE had nowhere to live. Their stories flash back to postwar childhoods and to the young Christine’s wild experiences in West Africa and Spain. The young lovers were dragged apart after a year when she joined her parents in the Middle East, where she became a bellydancer. At 18, they met up again, under hilarious circumstances, and despite the odds against them, married at 21 and emigrated to Canada. People gave them six months at best. Today, 57 years later, they’re still in love, and still married. The Choirboy and the Bellydancer is the first of two volumes.
Says just one reviewer: “Frank, funny, and entertaining, (this is a) heartwarming coming of age memoir that carries you through two lives at a cracking pace. With her unique style, Potter describes the highs and lows of an adventurous and fascinating life well lived.” (Check out more reviews on Amazon.ca and Amazon.com)

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PLAYHOUSES by Sherry Scott

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Three cousins fiercely defended their roles within the sanctity of their playhouses. But a six-year stint in a fundamentalist religious organization thwarted Scott’s understanding of sexual orientation. Homosexuality was an insidious, infective spirit that conferred fear upon her adolescent naivete, eventually eroding relations between the cousins.
“Reconciling who we were took years, but survival led to relational ties without fear and a heart for activism in the face of rising institutionalized discrimination.”
PLAYHOUSES is a journey from corrosive indoctrination to celebrating the differences in others.

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How I Learned to Like My Mom: Forgive Those You Love … Before It’s Too Late by Dorenda Doyle

How I Learned to Like My Mom: Forgive Those You Love … Before It’s Too Late by Dorenda Doyle

Set in Southwest Oklahoma, this is the story of a beautiful, talented woman who drank too much, parented too little, and married SEVEN times. She just happened to be my mother, whom I loved, but decidedly did not like. Miles and years later, after being required to prepare her eulogy, I began to unravel my mother’s complicated life. The more I uncovered, the more I realized I had not known my mother well enough to like her. So, this is MY story as well–how I learned to like this mom I loved, how I came to realize that forgiveness is one of our greatest gifts, and ultimately, realizing that Mom, despite her many faults, taught me a most important lesson–to pull myself up by my bootstraps! This book is for anyone who had a difficult or traumatic childhood because of alcohol, abuse, divorce, neglect or poverty; most especially, it is for someone who needs forgiveness in their life. GREAT MOTHERS DAY GIFT!

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ANGELBABY by Sue Quinones

ANGELBABY by Sue Quinones

Author Sue Quinones and her husband Jose adopted two Hispanic children. They thought adoption was a reasonable option for completing their family. Surprise! It was anything but ordinary. The second child, a baby girl, had several supernatural gifts from God. How do you protect a Heavenly Gifted Child from the unknown? Read this unbelievable true story to find out!

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Triumphs Of A Little Girl by Dr. Ingrid J. Benjamin Ph.D.

Triumphs Of A Little Girl by Dr. Ingrid J. Benjamin Ph.D.

From Poverty to Uncertainty to Success through Adaptability
The author shares a memoir and workbook on the Triumphs of a Little Girl

Dr. Ingrid J. Benjamin Ph.D. shares her personal triumphs to encourage youths to challenge themselves to achieve their goals. In Triumphs of a Little Girl, readers will witness how a little girl from the Ghetto fought and made tremendous sacrifices in pursuit of her dream of a different life. She releases both a memoir and a workbook so others will see, understand and learn what she went through, and can also create their own strategies to jump-start their plans for success.

Triumphs of a Little Girl, the spellbinding, award-winning memoir, is a true story of a little girl who was born into abject poverty in a world that was totally unprepared for her. It chronicles the author’s journey through childhood and the metamorphic changes through her turbulent adolescence years as she transitioned into adulthood. It’s an incredible story of adaptability, true grit, and unwavering will to succeed in an uncertain world.

The workbook for Triumphs of a Little Girl unveils a powerful, creative and challenging tool to help readers jump-start their plans for a successful life. It’s an introduction to a new approach to the way in which people make decisions that will bring their life plans into fruition. It is her hope that this workbook will be used as a guide to inspire youths to make decisions that will enable them to succeed in all areas of their life.

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A Month of Dunkin by Armand Rosamilia

A Month of Dunkin by Armand Rosamilia

For the Love of Coffee

I spent thirty-one days roughing it in the trenches by going to a different Dunkin location each day (sometimes more than one!) and ordering a different item each time, all while trying to chat with strangers and find out more about myself as a reclusive full-time author. I hope you will enjoy the ride as much as I did, although in fairness I got to eat and drink all of the yummy items.

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UNDER THE GREAT ELM – A Life of Luck & Wonder

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Sweeping from the Illinois countryside to the plains and mountains of the American West, from the cafes of Paris to the Gaza Strip, and from the tropics of India to the rhythms of Broadway, this is a story of hope and inspiration for our time.

Swift, lyrical, often astonishing, it is a tale of high adventure, of love lost and found, a lifelong journey of enlightenment, and remarkable interspecies encounters.

Laced with a sense of wonder and humor, this is a compelling and unique masterpiece of nonfiction that all readers will enjoy.

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ADA IN LONDON -Surviving the Traumas by Gracy Ukala

About ADA IN LONDON -Surviving the Traumas by Gracy Ukala:

Ada in London, Surviving the Traumas is the story of a Nigerian Headteacher who is persuaded against her will by her husband, to relocate to the United Kingdom, in order to work and save her family from financial ruin. This is after he, Fred, had gone abroad and lost a huge sum of borrowed money, under suspicious circumstances. Fred, instead of taking the plunge himself, of relocating to a foreign country, to put right the mess he has made, he insists that Ada should abandon her family and go abroad.

Ada refuses over and over again, but her husband uses all bullying tactics to make her believe that, if her family got into financial ruin, it would be Ada’s fault and it would be simply because she is very selfish and doesn’t care enough about her family’s welfare…

Ada succumbs to all the pressure from her husband and her children and travels to London with very little money in her pocket ..

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All through her first few years in London, Ada suffers from all sorts of problems:
– acute cold
– racism
– degradation
– acute loneliness
– lack of money
– total lack of love and support from her husband
– several heart-rending bereavements
and so on and so forth.

If you are wondering how Ada manages to survive the traumas, just get a copy of the novel and read her story for yourself.

5 STAR REVIEWS

Here’s one review from Outskirts’ Press who first published the book in 2005.

“A lot of burning and topical issues are covered by Gracy Ukala in Ada in London. Such issues include a woman’s ability to survive nobly without succumbing to “selling her body”, or compromising her
human dignity. She touches on other issues such as “faith in God” and “faith in oneself”. Ms Ukala’s most poignant and passionate theme remains the need for equality of the sexes to some extent, especially, in relationships or marriages. She believes fiercely that every woman has a right to choose what makes her happy, instead of being forced to remain in a relationship because that is what society expects of her, or because that would make her man happy!”

There are many more issues that Ada has to tackle in order to be true to herself and to her God. Ada’s survival is mainly due to her own determination to succeed. Ada’s hard work, her leadership skills and her absolute faith in God, all combine to see her through her dark moments of suffering.

Here’s another review:
“Ada in London is full of suspense. It is fast-moving, simple, and very easy to read. Any one from the age of 18 onward, would enjoy the story thoroughly, as the issues tackled in this book are about mature life situations. This is a very well-written book by an award-winning novelist. I promise you, once you pick it up, you won’t want to put it down until you finish reading it!

I heartily recommend Ada in London-Surviving the Traumas, to you. Happy reading!”
Jonathan Edwards.
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OK, Little Bird

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In the world of Little Bird, three siblings experience the same father differently. Navigating stringent rules, cantankerous family dinners, unfiltered commentaries, and lots of love, OK, Little Bird takes the reader on a bouncy ride from laughter to tears with this unforgettable father-daughter connection.

Everything is funny till a seemingly invincible father succumbs to a terminal illness amidst the Covid19 pandemic. Little Bird sets out to make things ok for her father one last time. Through a lifetime of wry banter, voicemails, letters and bad gifts, fly with Little Bird as she learns that even in the worst of times, the gem of laughter is the best coping tool of all.

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Pirate Girl Falls Through Beaver Dam by Wren Godfrey Chapman


About Featured Book: Pirate Girl Falls Through Beaver Dam (A Memoir of Adventurous Lessons in Earth School) by Wren Godfrey Chapman

In 1968, why did a gently raised southern girl quit collage, run away to sea, and join a scurvy crew of pirates, searching for sunken treasure and running contraband? Why did she allow the first mate to tie her in the crow’s-nest during a fierce tropical storm? Why did she flee the Bahamas in the cover of night, fall through a beaver dam during a Rocky Mountain blizzard, and hide out in a Colorado wilderness cave with her good dog, Rocky Raccoon. In this unvarnished memoir, Wren Godfrey Chapman told herself it was to escape the tragedy of the war in Vietnam and her failed engagement to the love of her young life. But then again, maybe it was to assuage her rebellious case of wanderlust.

With a strong female voice and sense of place in the Carolinas, Florida, Colorado, and the Bahamas, Pirate Girl describes a lifelong process of discovery through the adventurous lessons of Earth School.

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The Buddha and the Bee

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Life-Changing Journey… but this is NOT a typical blah-blah-blah memoir

Planning is for sissies. A solo bike ride across the country will be filled with sunshine, lollipops, rainbows, and 80 degree temps every day, right? Not so much. The Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, an alkaline desert, and the Sierra Nevadas lay miles and days ahead. Disappointment with unrealized potential, and the thirst for what’s next drew farther away in the rotating wide-angle shockproof convex rear-view mirror.

I will ride my bike down a never-ending ribbon of asphalt wearing a backpack.

Cory Mortensen began his bike ride across the United States from Chaska, Minnesota, to Truckee, California, without a route, a timeline, or proper equipment. Along the way, he gained more than technical skills required for a ride that would test every fiber of his physical being and mental toughness. Ride along as he meets “unusual” characters, dangerous animals, and sweet little old ladies with a serious vendetta for strangers in their town.

Humor ■ Insight ■ Adventure ■ Gratitude ■ Peace

From long stretches of road ending in a vanishing point at the distant horizon, to stunning vistas, terrifying close calls, grueling conditions, failed equipment, and joyous milestones he stayed the course and gained an appreciation for the beauty of the land, the genius of engineering and marvel of nature.

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Burnout to Unstoppable

About Burnout to Unstoppable:

The author takes us along her amazing transformational journey from an overwhelmed and burned out autism mom who lost her identity, along with her dreams and her aspirations – to the empowered woman she has now become. On her quest, the author uncovers the best self-care, mindset optimization and stress reduction strategies to not only recover from burnout but become unapologetically UNSTOPPABLE and THRIVE in all areas of her life.

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