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Parents usually hope their kids learn from the mistakes they made when they were their age. They tell them stories about when they were kids and how life was different. Occasionally, the life of a child mirrors the life of a parent. How the child reacts to those similar situations is largely affected by how the parent raised them—or didn’t. This series of essays—often humorous, sometimes downbeat—chronicles the author’s life from birth to just shy of forty, demonstrating how events in his life mirror those of his mother. Their situations while seemingly very different, were often eerily similar. How each reacted and the results that followed, however, are quite different. With ex ...

The author is a Biodynamic farmer in Northern California. Seven years ago she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a retinal eye disease that usually leads to blindness. The memoir takes the reader on a journey deep into nature. It is the light and color that radiates from the natural world that helps to heal her.

A small white child lives with a Stone Age tribe, absorbing their culture and language. Then, as a teenager, she is left alone in an alien country, where she struggles to understand a new culture, a new civilization, a boarding school, and why she is now a misfit. Follow her journey as she struggles with fear, loneliness, and relationships while longing for stability. Witness the ultimate results of faith, hope, and love at work throughout her life.

Autobiography by Winthrop Buck Cody.

Experience College Place, Washington from the late 1920’s onward through the eyes of Patricia Rae Saxby-Reynolds as she traces her journey through life. She lived through WWII as a teenager and experienced other significant events and advances that encompass almost a century. We are taken on an adventure of recollections, reflections and family history spanning generations in this detailed and heart-warming memoir.

With his persistent pleas to hear more tales from my past, my oldest grandson has inspired this recollection of memories and stories. As a true baby boomer, I stumbled toward adulthood during an exciting period when societal change was a constant presence. I have tried to capture some of the spirit of those times, helped by recollections from some of the friends who were with me during the ride.

Concrete Scholar is based on a true story written by Palo Santo. This story is a gripping expose of one young mans journey from a preteen to adulthood. The decisions he made took him on a journey that he never anticipated. Forcing him to grow up came with a price. The dualities of his existence became a juggle. The weight of the reality he had to bare all but crushed him. His dreams and nightmares became intertwined. His life became a fast paced roller coaster full of action adventure, money, cars, women, jail, death, lurking around every corner until he made the decision to change and use all of his life lessons to turn his life around see his worth and follow his dreams and accomplish ...

Conquering the Day by Otto Zettl is the story of growing tolerance and love over 80 years of growth. Otto's story begins in Hungary in 1939 during WWII and takes the reader through life in the United States in the 1950's and beyond to 2020. It is a coming of age story rich with history and life lessons. The story of a remarkable family man who grew to accept himself and others learning along the way.

The story of a young woman and the setbacks and difficulties that she has in the early years of her life and how she came to overcome all of those things and walk into her destiny.

Corporate Stripper is a coming of age story about a woman who overcame the street life to only find out the corporate world is not much better. After growing up entirely too fast, Gabriel learned how to manipulate hustlers and out smart hoodrats. Too many years in the streets lead Gabriel to change her direction, but she finds the corporate world is much more ruthless than the block. This is not just a Black American story, it is an American story about the systematic racism and prejudice that destroys communities. Corporate Stripper is a tale of pain, suffering, happiness, and determination.