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Visceral and moving poetry written by the author during times of psychosis, using the metaphor of the mythology of lycanthropy (the study of werewolves). Written in four parts (Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, and The Forgiven Insanity) it documents through poetry the cycles of psychosis. Reader's Favorite: 5 Stars

Out of a few instances and "Run-ins" with the law, the Author has utilized every aspect of his study and applies it with thrilling results. The Author has learned that in which is never taught in school. He has actually been studying about the truth and the factors of systematic obligations... He is now in the predicament to go full force and keep moving forward with his beliefs or be put away for a definite amount of time. What's it gonna be?...

A Life of Homes is a memoir of Jane Griggs, born in Pasadena, CA in the 1940's, chronicling her life as the child of alcoholic parents who is able to raise her own children with the love and security her own early childhood lacked. Running away from her parents' home at the age of six, Jane finds a home with her grandparents, who set her on the path to a become the mother she never had and to have a career she never could have imagined. A Life of Homes is a story of hope and survival. A triumph of the human spirit.

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." - ...

When I told my neighbor and friend Marjan that I was going to America the next day, he answered: “Sure, with a finger on the map!” "No, really, by boat..." I replied, "...that will sail in a bathtub!" he insisted. But in 1962 we really did travel from Trieste to New York, on the historic Italian Line 24,500-ton Vulcania. Since in socialism trips abroad were severely restricted, among other ways by making it impossible to buy foreign currency, we had to borrow significant dollars and marks from my uncle, who was in diplomatic service at the time. Another limitation was that the whole family was not allowed to leave the country. Thus my mother and brother stayed home while my father and I ...

My life didn't start out the greatest in the beginning but with the will to want more and most importantly God, things really can change. No one saw me becoming the man that I've become to be but yet here I am. This is not to glorify street life or anything negative, I'm simply telling my life as it happened and as I recall it. From a guy who was told I was unapproachable to a guy people love to be around today. I'm just happy the past is the past and AT LAST I ARRIVED.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.