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Charleen Touchette

Artist's captivating memoir of survival, renewal and healing among French Canadian, Jewish and Indian families across America. Follows Author from Woonsocket, RI to Wellesley College, New York City, then to Indian Country and Santa Fe where she is debilitated with a toxic illness and must remember her childhood to heal.

Cynthia Anne Frank Stupnik

In her new book, Postcards from the Old Man and Other Correspondence from Clearwater, Minnesota, Cynthia (Frank) Stupnik lovingly recalls her Midwest childhood. In stories, essays, and poems, she remembers the characters, daily life, and adventures of a small, Mississippi River town from the early 1950s to the late 1980s.

Ellen Rubinstein

This tale of fresh exposure to foreign cultures tells of a young American's travels in Israel and Europe, and her concurrent relationship with a young European. We sympathize as the narrator struggles through a period of growth and self-examination, meanwhile enthusiastically enjoying new sights. While focused on daily life, whether working on a kibbutz or hitch-hiking in the Alps, her perspective is replete with the enticement of exotic locales. Of interest is the innocent view of the Middle East at a moment of relative peace, contrasting dramatically with our current unavoidable awareness of the ongoing battle for a homeland.

Kate Genovese

The story of my life as a nurse. Covering three decades, it is sad, funny, political and realistic of the everchanging healthcare system.

Sonia Pressman Fuentes

This book is a memoir of Sonia Pressman Fuentes, who left Berlin, Germany, with her family as a five-year-old child to escape the Holocaust. In the U.S., Sonia became one of the founders of the second wave of the women's movement: she was the first woman attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and a founder of NOW and other nationwide women's rights organizations. The book, which has been required reading at two universities, tells, with warmth and humor, the story of this immigrant child who became an international spokesperson for women's rights and was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame.

Joseph McDonald

World?s Oldest Boy Survives Earthquake, Tsunami, Death and More? On His Journey to Enlightenment! Now that I?ve got your attention, this is not going to be a ?Chicken Soup for the Soul? kind of book. Instead, it is a very real, down-and-dirty, lusty life chronicle that could very possibly change your life. I?d say this book is more like an ?Indiana Jones and the Temple of Dharma? adventure. So, if this is more your style, keep reading. I?m sure some of this book may be too radical for some blissed-out soul seeker types, but I?ve got to be real because truth is all I?ve got. I?m what you would call ?The bad boy of enlightenment? as I?m not your typical saintly soul seeker am quite rough around the edges! I eat meat, I prefer a good party to a group meditation, and I suffer from an array of personal defects. You?re probably thinking, ?Gandhi he ain?t.? And I will tell you, ?You?re right!? But in spite of all that, I have always had a passionate desire to find God and figure out what the hell this ?enlightenment? thing is everyone talks about. Famous people claim it?s the best buzz in the universe. Me? I?ve always liked a good buzz, so I figured enlightenment was for me, too.

Victoria Beckett

Young Chinese girl emigrates alone, arrives in America, uses scholarships to become successful physician, and makes healthy, rewarding retirement.

Sue Vogan

Complications from Lyme disease, that would have led to certain death, was the perfect opportunity for the U.S. Army to launch their revenge on a civilian who innocently helped uncover the dishonest attempts of the American command in a South Korea command to send two innocent American soldiers to prison. When that didn't work, the revenge took an ugly turn -- illegally listing the civilian's husband, a 20-year Veteran, AWOL -- sending the couple plummeting into poverty and confusion. When all this wasn't bad enough, the civilian learned that she was mysteriously listed as deceased. The civilian is Sue Vogan and the story is true. From the edge of your seat, you will find yourself laughing and crying. But, in the end, you?ll be screaming for truth and justice - the American way.

John Morris Fenley

My life defined by stories covering many routes and locations, mainly in the USA and Africa, and the lessons learned.

Aaron D. Cushman

A Passion for Winning offers an inside view of the public relations business from the man who helped shape the profession. Aaron D. Cushman devoted his fifty-year career to helping entertainers and corporations promote themselves in memorable and profitable ways. Along the way, he built one of the largest independent public relations agencies in the nation.

Author-Reviews.com 2005