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Unspoken Realm by Laura Robinson
We Knocked Their Socks Off by Tim Bosworth, PhD
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1929 Kelsey Quilters, The by Beverly Burnett Hamberlin
Another Side of Sunshine by Kay DiBianca
Between One and Many More by Stephen Clark
Booked by Gloria Iatridis and Olivia Kate Iatridi
Bottles of Courage by Stephen W. Rouse
Broken but Healing by Bella St. Patrick and Arista
Dear Children by John Barrons Richards and Carol Estes
Downriver by Ryan McDermott
Escape from Utopeana by J. B. Salazar
God > Religion by Todd Michael Jackson
Goddess from the Machine by Daniel Rodrigues-Martin
Government Efficiency by Cleo Williamson
Growing Our Unity by Susanne M. Alexander and W. Grant Peirce IV
Help Yourself! ... a Story of FBI Corruption by Martin L. Kaiser III
Higher Love by Joanne Kukanza Easley
Home in Motion by Tolu' A. Akinyemi
Hypomanic Toolbox, The by Todd Hagopian
In a Country with No Name by Ron Morris
Job Junky by Rudy Ridolfo
Known But Unknown by A. Eveline
Legend of Balthazar, The by Dick Morgan
Living End, The by David S. Heeren
Living Waters from Difficult Passages by Thomas Moore
Losing Austin by Michael J. Bowler
Lost History of "Talking to Computers", The by William Meisel
Mary and Sir Edward by Stewart T. Monte Sr.
Minimus by Mark Bodholdt
More, More, More by Clint Arthur
O Jerusalem by R. P. Hanna
Original Monsters, The by Thomas Szeto
Path of Lord Jaguar, The by Margaret Donnelly
Petey The Pug Escapes For 24 Hours by Renee Servello
Remembering, The by Peter Kennedy
Roman the Wonder Dog by Joyce Mullan
Saga of The Single Sock, The by Josh
Seeking the Lost: Sheep by Daniel Cramton
Simeon the Prophet by Thomas Moore
Striving to Be Perfect as the Heavenly Father Is Perfect by Fr. John F. Tuohey
Taking the Stairs and Liking It by Lauren Speeth, PhD
Teamwork! by Jack Rotifer
Tithingism by Thomas Moore
Unspoken Realm by Laura Robinson
We Knocked Their Socks Off by Tim Bosworth, PhD
What's So Bad About Being Poor? by Deborah M. Foster
Yawning Rabbit River Chronicle, The by J.L. Kimmel & David Ceccarelli

 
 
 
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Shanghai’d: The Adventures Begin
by Curtis Stephen Burdick
Gene Freak Publishing


"And each of them shared one inescapable truth: they had nowhere else to go."

Joshua Cabot, a Harvard graduate, leaves his work in Boston with Samuel Colt of firearms fame to open an assay office near San Francisco at the outset of the California Gold Rush. Cabot expects his three-year contract to fund further work in his field of metallurgy in Boston, but little does he know that this temporary situation will irrevocably change his life forever. A youthful indiscretion with an attractive young woman lands him in an unexpected early marriage. When tragedy strikes all too soon, Cabot takes solace in his cups in a house of prostitution along with his friend Ethan.
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Taking the Stairs and Liking It by Lauren Speeth, PhD
 
"What does it mean to follow one’s passion, to take the reins of one’s life? Speeth's deep compassion, buoyant encouragement, and strong belief in people to create an amazing life are truly compelling and will stay with the reader long after they have finished the last chapter."
- The US Review of Books
Zephyr’s Flight by Ray Strong
 
"Strong’s storytelling technique is wonderful. His talent for emotive writing shines through, sharing the characters’ fears, frustrations, gut-wrenching pain, and exhilarating joy. This first book of saga sets a firm foundation and leaves readers eagerly anticipating the next installment."
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The Remembering by Peter Kennedy
 
"Kennedy blends spiritual and emotional advice with real-world stories of family life, marriage, business dealings, and travel into a personal metamorphosis. Despite the complexity of reinventing oneself, this part-memoir, part-guidebook gives plenty of exercises and food for thought that anyone can try to emulate to achieve similar transcendence."
- The US Review of Books
Job Junky by Rudy Ridolfo
 
"Each and every experience shared in this book challenges us to think about how they define and accept work in their own lives. ...an insightful, humorous, and engaging guide to what it means to be a person and an employee."
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Take Back Manufacturing by Nigel Southway
 
"Southway does an admirable job of explaining how economic dislocation has provoked the cultural and political turmoil of the past decade. His analysis cuts across ideological lines. This timely and important book should resonate with many readers."
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