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• Mad as Hell

  the Cold War, the Strategic Air Command, and the FB-111A Bomber, a Warrior's Memoir

  Bassett, Loyal Gordon,

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  "Mad as Hell" is a memoir describing the Cold War, the United States Air Force’s Strategic Air Command (SAC) and the rarely recognized strategic nuclear weapons bomber – the two-man FB-111A aircraft.

• Escape to Alaska

  Sundheim, Joyce Newell,

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  Travel with a retired couple on a marvelous 15,770-mile road trip from Florida to Alaska in an aging truck, through the USA, Canada, and Yukon Territory.

• Empowering Differences

  Leveraging You Differences to Impact Change

  Brundage, Ashley T

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  "Empowering Differences" is the intentional action of using your differences to empower yourself and others to move your career forward.

• Goal-setting

  Habits to Achieve Your Goals and Succeed in the Life You Want [TITLE NO LONGER AVAILABLE]

  Bynum, Nathan,

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  Everything in our lives is connected. Our health affects our mentality and our mood. Our mood affects our relationships. Our relationships are affected by our work life. A balanced life gives us a solid foundation. On that foundation, we…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How Far I Have Risen

  Coming Clean About Cancer, God and My American Dream

  Costello, Jacky,

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  Jacky Costello details her early life in East Germany, starting a family, her battle with cancer, and the crushing pain of a loss she never thought she'd have to face. The story will take you from tears to laughter and leave you with a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Excerpts From An Abstract Mind

  Hines, Ewana,

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  "Excerpts from an Abstract Mind" is a poetry collection about the chance encounters, lessons learned, and ideologies acquired by author Ewana Hines as she plays witness from the sidelines of life. Come and see where the abstract mind will…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fixing the Fates

  An Adoptee's Story of Truth and Lies

  Dewey, Diane,

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  After being surrendered in a German orphanage, Diane Dewey grew up with her adoptive parents near Philadelphia—loved, but deprived of information about her roots. When her Swiss biological father locates her, forty-seven years later their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Pokey

  a Jailhouse Memoir

  Roundtree, David,

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  A personal recollection of time spent inside the Orient Road Jail and Faulkenberg Road Jail facilities. Written from an inmate's point of view.

• Reverberations

  the Cosmic Pulse

  Bhatt, J. J.,

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  "Reverberations: The Cosmic Pulse" boldly declares, " we are the force of history-in-making and we must walk the walk to build a world we all want for us and for generations to follow to enjoy it as well. Today is the noble opportunity to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Welcome to My World

  Sutter, Jack L.,

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  Jack Sutter has written an inspiring and humorous journal of his life on and off the court. While he chronicled his adventures primarily for his eight grandchildren, his journey from small town kid to an Illinois All-State high school…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Women Be Silenced No More, You Have a Sound and a Roar to Release

  Diaz Rodriguez, Deserie,

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  This book will compel readers to "Rise" and "Release" the sound of their "Roar" to the world and to empower all walks of life to be "Overcomers" despite pressing circumstances muting their voice and sense of being all that God has called…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Yea, Lord! Moving With the Spirit

  Fifty Years a Minister and a Scholar to the Glory of God (Memoirs of a Lifelong Quest)

  Mitchell, Mozella,

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  This is a searching perceptive examination of the fifty years of Dr. Mitchell's service as preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church ministry, and a scholar in the church and university; how she was led into this dual…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Free

  Simmons, Lorrie,

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  Having survived some difficult life lessons that lead to low self esteem and guilt, Lorrie Simmons has written not only to share her struggle, but also to share her truth about encounters with sexual assault, aka date rape, and domestic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Real Language of Food

  Constructive Recipes for a Healthier You

  Godsell, Adrienne Falcone,

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  High cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular Issues, strokes and osteopenia can all be part of a genetic makeup. Something as simple as changing an eating lifestyle could change a predisposition to all these chronic diseases that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kept My Enemy Closer

  the True Story of One Woman's 14-year Battle With Depression

  Mikel, Kamara,

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  In 2005, Kamara Mikel's therapist suggested she journal. She invites you into her life, as she begins to unravel and address her spiral into depression, marital strife, divorce, drastic financial loss and divorce - again.

• Lead or Get Out of the Way!

  Eight Powerful Principles to Take Your Leadership to the Next Level

  Vien, Gary J.,

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  Infused with lessons from his forty-year career, Gary J. Vien shares eight powerful principles of leadership along with ways to make you more effective at work and throughout your life.

• Mamma and Me

  Our Poetry Our Lives

  Coleman, Elizabeth Emily,

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  Through the lives, history, and poetry of two extraordinary women, "Mamma and Me: Our Poetry, Our Lives" reveals African-American thought, culture, and progress from the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 to the 21st century.

• Money Management Wisdom

  8 $teps to Living Your Best Life [TITLE NO LONGER AVAILABLE]

  Allen, Merrie Allmon,

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  Using basic biblical principles of money management, Merrie Allen educates and inspires you to think and behave differently as it relates to navigating your finances.

• To Comma or Not to Comma

  the Best Little Punctuation Book Ever!

  Miller, Arlene, 1951-

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  Award-winning grammar author, Arlene Miller, The Grammar Diva, demystifies commas, as well as all the other punctuation marks, in this easy-to-understand guide to punctuation.

• My Testimony

  An Autobiography

  Paladino, Devin,

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  The young Author takes you through a journey, opening up about the struggles and hardships he has faced throughout his life, all while trying to become successful and beat the odds.