Biography & Memoirs on page 5

As the young wife of a USAF pilot, the author is not authorized to accompany her husband when he receives orders for Vietnam. She decides to go anyway, on her own, and ends up in the country before her husband.Join her, as she arrives alone, the day after a coup, and in the middle of a cholera epidemic. Accompany her through her fears, challenges, and joys, as she taps into a hidden western culture that seems to flow as an undercurrent beneath the noise and clamor of an over-populated city. You also will witness her interaction with the Vietnamese people, and learn how she developed such a great affection for them and their country. It is the author’s hope that the reader will develop a ...

This is the story of Abraham Lincoln's first run for the U.S. Senate in 1855.

Joyce Ann Prettol served on the mission field with Wycliffe Bible Translators for 45 years. She served first in the jungles of Bolivia, then the tropics of the Philippines, and finally in South Asia. Joyce was most passionate about her relationship with Jesus and making sure to share the good news. She dedicated both her personal and professional life to that pursuit, praying daily that friends and family would know Jesus more. Her greatest desire was that her children and grandchildren would follow Christ just as fully and passionately. This book was written as her personal testimony of that journey and evidence of God’s faithfulness all the way through her untimely death in 2022.

The amazing life and legends of the First Black American Military Aviator. He left home, alone, at the age of 8 on a journey to France for Equality. The book, uniquely written as conversations with Eugene Jacques Bulllard. The author never met his hero. The book goes back to the summer before Bullard's death in 1961...and from there Bullard takes you back into his reality and his incredible adventures that include his trip to Norflok where he stowed away on a German ship . Aboard he learned some of the language and was put ashore in Scotland at the age of 12. He had various jobs, became a boxer, a dancer and finally made it to France at the age of 18 and joined the French Foreign Legion ...

Born in wild Alaska in 1916, on a fishing boat off the coast of Juneau, Juno's start in life was not ideal. By the time she reach the age of three, she found herself in a Seattle orphange. From that point on, Juno's life was one of many starts and changes. Finding my grandmother was a journey in of itself. I had many questions to ask her and I knew she would have a good story to tell. Juno didn't disappoint me.

Like everyone, Allie spent her formative years trying to discover who she was. But life decided there were going to be exceptions to the rule, not least of which was a devastating illness at the age of sixteen. From her sheltered childhood, to an unusually progressive college experience… An early musical talent that blossomed into a diversified career... And getting her fifteen minutes of TV fame... Every word of this book is true, even the parts that are unbelievable. "Cool. I'd read the h*ll out of that" - Galen W. "How is your book going?" - Keith S., at least weekly "I don't read, but I'd probably get through 7 or 8 pages of it. As long as it's not about other books." - ...

This volume tells the story of the author's early life, from his birth on July 20, 1945 until his family relocated before his 16th birthday from California to Reno, Nevada in 1961. The narrative roughly follows a chronological sequence, but not rigidly, because it subdivides the sequence into categories that sometimes meld into the whole timespan of the story. The audience for the book is mostly family, but anyone interested in what it was like to grow up mostly in a small (at that time) northern California community followed by four years in San Francisco may also find the story of interest. Interwoven throughout the narrative are many photographs and supplemental documents from the aut ...

Eberhard "Ebbie" Bulach left war-torn Germany in 1951 at the age of 17 years to start a new life in the United States. He lived with his uncle and aunt in St. Paul, Minnesota. Relatives and new friends helped Ebbie assimilate into the American culture. Ebbie worked in the concrete construction business and as a machinist until striking out on his own as an entrepreneur. Eberhard and his wife, Erné, built a successful construction business during his career and they generously sponsor and promote activities that unite German and American cultures and friendships. A portion of the sales of this book is donated to the Wounded Warrior Project.