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The neighbors called the brothers, José, Miguel and Leopoldo, Los Güeros (the fair ones). From an early age, Los Güeros began to perform at local events. Years later they accompanied famous singers of the times, and this brought them to the United States, along with their families. During their years of touring, Los Güeros experienced many adventures as well as misadventures. My father even became a bracero in Idaho during World War II.
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Ramblings: An Insight into Human Demeanor is the memoir of a surgeon with a heart.
Dr. Munir Cheema tells the story of a doctor living and dying with his patients, struggling against the urge to question everything-especially why. He travels the world as a military surgeon while trying to raise a family in the foreign lands they find themselves in.
There are two parts of the book, each with a foreword by an eminent Harvard professor. In...
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This book is a compilation of short stories about the author's life and his experiences. They cover issues such as race, faith, addiction, the mistreatment of women, and the overall degradation of moral values. It addresses certain immoral principles and poses questions to make people think and hold themselves accountable for their actions and the image they portray to the world. They intend to question some societal norms, as well as give people...
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His Wonders to Perform tells the story of my parents, Anna and Willie Horne, and my cousin Robert Louis Battle, the current artistic director of America's Cultural Ambassador to the World, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. But even more important than my cousin's ascension to the top of the international dance world is the story of how God kept faith with our family and led us along our tumultuous way to places of rest and quiet where we came...
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This is an inspiring story of courage, hard work, determination, focus and results. It is written for anyone who has ever wanted to achieve the American dream but thought it was not possible.
A black boy born in a remote village in racially segregated Southern Rhodesia ( now Zimbabwe ), Africa, dreams of one day being a medical doctor. In a letter to an American Pen Pal in 1968 he writes:
"Where my intelligence fails me, my determination...
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The couple's love story, though dramatic and riveting, is secondary to the other story of their lives. That story is about being driven by a purpose, energized by faith, and guided by a compelling, though at the time imprecise, vision. Two days after their wedding, they settled in a place neither had ever seen before and lived in a run-down, unfurnished house in a Tennessee Appalachian community. Two years later, they moved to the far more distressed...
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I inhale you. You inhale me.
I feel you from the depths of my soul.
God gave me a real man to love;
I thank the heavens for blessing me.
Our lovemaking rhythm to the musical beat lying deep
within our soul is a one note Samba.
Azucar Pa Ti, am I enough sugar for you to love?
Bee Bop, Bee Bop cant stop, cant stop
dont wanna stop.
Moodys Mood for Love cornered me and strapped me into your embrace.
Moodys Mood for Love, there you go,
there...
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This book is the autobiography of the author. It began, however, as a biography of the author's mother who allowed Vicky to write about American society in the mid-to-late twentieth century; experiences of Slavic, French, and East Indian immigrants at the United States around the turn of the twentieth century; child and spouse abuse perpetrated by women as well as men and the effects of intergenerational abuse; and murder and suicide.
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Can anything good come from that terrible city called Newark, New Jersey, where a large number of African-Americans reside? Yes, without a doubt.
A sizable number of people live in the northeast quadrant of the United States. To stand out or be recognized in a particular area of expertise is a daunting task.
In earlier decades, African-Americans migrated to the northern cities to find employment. People of color had a realistic understanding...
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Shining a brilliant light on expat life in Singapore, "Hawker Dreams" sweeps readers into the heart of the rule-abiding city-state where nearly a third of its six million inhabitants are foreigners, each with a story to tell. The memoir is equal parts travelogue, family history, and cultural exploration. Oanh Ngo Usadi takes you on her journey of home and belonging through the prism of language, cuisine, and class. In the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic...
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When I Started Smoking Weed for Real is volume 5 of the series On Being, a self-referential, metaphysical case history where the author J. Guzmán, as the protagonist Ana, psychoanalyzes her own consciousness throughout Time, uses tools like astrology to facilitate the investigation, and documents the entire process. On Being is a life-long, narrative, archival data set of her life in the form of diaries, whose purpose is to assist astrologers and...
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The Pursuit of Freedom an autobiography by Mark Cass is Intriguing, captivating, enlightening, explosive, alarming, disturbing, inviting, embarrassing, disheartening, slanderous, scandalous, harmful, dangerous, and funny. - Harolene C. When was the last time you heard a book described this way? It kind of makes you want to read it, now doesn't it? Some have advised me not to publish this book without heavy redactions. I disagree. I think the raw honesty...
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In 2015, Tim Peake blasted off to the outer world at a speed 25 times the speed of sound, writing history, he returned as the first British astronaut in space. From a shy boy from Chichester with a penchant for flying, Tim Peake's journey to being an astronaut is astounding. Beating 8000 other applicants, Tim successfully passed all tests, 6 years of rigorous training, physical and psychological challenges to be where he is today. Read the book to...
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You are not alone.
It is not your fault.
There is nothing wrong with you.
You can do something about it.
Here is what you can do.
This is an autobiography written after a major personal breakdown. My anxiety and depression issues had caught up with me at age forty-two. My career had ended, and I was backed so far into my shell that I was hardly able to function. I was pretty much lost. The midlife crisis from hell. I had been fighting anxiety...
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In The Beautiful Afternoon, award-winning poet and short-story writer Airini Beautrais plumbs history, literature, Star Wars, sea hags, beauty products, tarot, swimwear, environmentalism and pole dancing to deliver a virtuoso inquiry into how we become, and change, who we are.Beautrais surveys the many influences on her life, from Lord Byron and Dante to Dolly magazine and 90s R&B, with intense curiosity and a fierce intelligence. Whether saving the...
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Grieving Futures: Surviving the Deaths of My Parents (Third Edition) is a book that explains a lot about how I got where I was in 2010, when I was forty years old, and yet had not gotten very far in life.The depressing backstory is that I was 24 when my mother died, and 26 when my father passed away. Because of that catastrophe, I lost the family home and any stability I ever counted on. It was, in the parlance, a clusterf*k. In the aftermath I made...
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Has life just seemed crazy to you? You look back over everything you've done and been through, and wonder how in the world you made it where you are now. Your life hasn't looked anything like the movies. Your life probably should be the subject of a movie. Several movies. Maybe a few TV shows in between for comic relief. My life has been a comedy, a romance, a thriller, a mystery, and some science fiction with a little toss of paranormal for...
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Elizabeth G. was twenty-two years old and travelling around Australia when she came across a job opportunity at an erotic massage parlour in Sydney. Fast forward eighteen years and she had built up a trusted list of regular clientele working as a high-end London escort and was frequenting some of the city's most exclusive hotels.
This is an inspirational story of resilience and self-belief in the face of adversity. It gives a fascinating insight...
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INSIDE THE MIND - Exploring Anxiety Disorders" is your essential guide to understanding one of the most common yet misunderstood mental health issues. This book delves deeply into the complexities of anxiety disorders, serving as a valuable resource for sufferers, caregivers, and healthcare professionals alike.This comprehensive guide covers a wide range of conditions from Generalized Anxiety Disorder to Social Anxiety and Panic Disorders. Discover...
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