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Memoir
When Sidewalks Smile
by Charles Walker JrIn the pages of this memoir, you will read of the most unlikely heroes; the outcasts and outlaws, the addicts and abused, the wounded warriors coming to the rescue of a stranger in need as they danced together in the single act of giving and receiving. Giving and receiving value, love, dignity, strength, vulnerability, companionship, and hope. If you have never spent time with a stranger in this way, I promise your life will be changed as a result of reading these stories. Here you will meet som... more
Florence in Rapture
by Michael BoyajianJoin the author and his late wife Jeri Wagner as they immerse themselves in the birthplace of the Renaissance, Florence, where they find themselves falling in love all over again looking back on Tuscan Florence from the Boboli Gardens
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18 Months: A Memoir of a Marriage Lost to Gender Identity
by Shannon ThraceShannon is no stranger to alternative lifestyles. Raised by Christian parents in Bluegrass country, she fled to the city, scraped together an education, worked for drag shows and befriended poets and anarchists at clothing-optional parties. By the time she settled into her 14-year relationship with Jamie, she had dated women and experimented with polyamory.
So when her husband begins crossdressing, she sees no problem--she enjoys flouting the straight world's pointless rules. Troubl... more
The Underground Culture Of Government Housing
by Allan Lee JamesThis book is the direct result of the shocking subculture of Government Housing that I personally experienced for five straight years. It was so interesting and fascinating, that I kept copious notes on a daily basis of the actions/reactions of all the people that make up Government Housing. I learned the roles played by the HUD Secretary, the state and local governments, the private non-profit companies, the thousands and thousands of employees, and the tenants and non-tenants. I also learned t... more
My Silver Lining
by Adel Ben-HarharaThe contrast between how the West views newcomers versus how immigrants picture themselves is stark. New residents in Canada and the US are often misunderstood, disrespected, or poorly labeled due to inaccurate assumptions and stereotypes held by all parties. What does it take to attend university in a second or third language? What are the common denominators amongst people arriving in the West wanting to pursue “the American dream”? What are the impacts of cultural and social adjustments, ... more
Hope in The Sky
by Adel Ben-HarharaHope in the Sky, volume two of Adel Ben-Harhara’s three-volume memoir, speaks about millions of Yemen’s Muwalladin (foreign-born Yemenis) struggling for equal rights and citizenship. He was one young man who spent a dozen years in Yemen, where he suffered from prejudice, discrimination, and the effects of civil war. He endured harsh treatment because he wore a dark skin, was born in East Africa, and was unable to assimilate into an underdeveloped society living according to primitive cultural tr... more
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by Adel Ben-HarharaWhen life is defined and debated through sound bites and social media, who would want to read a story about a boy who traversed multiple cultures, languages, religions, and geographical areas? To Have Nothing, volume one of a three-part memoir, delves into the voyage of a boy — Adel Ben-Harhara — who was separated from his mother as a toddler and was essentially orphaned at the age of five when his father died. With his mother’s inability to provide support, the boy was homeless, often left ... more
The Alhambra: Sunnyside to Andalusia
by Michael BoyajianThe author and his wife Jeri have traveled throughout Europe but now Jeri wants to go to a place that has enchanted her since she discovered her favorite writer, Washington Irving, and learned of the magical ruins that he convinced the world to restore. Join the travelers on their most romantic journey to date as they sit in each others embrace beneath the ink black Andalusia sky.
The Alhambra ranked 61 in Andalusia books
The Heart of Awareness: Selections from Jean Klein, HWL Poonja, Nisargadatta, Ramana Maharshi, Huang Po, and Swami Abhedananda
by Peter IngleA unique compilation of selections on the topic of awareness from Jean Klein’s I Am, HWL Poonja’s Wake Up and Roar, Nisargadatta’s I Am That, Ramana Maharshi’s Be As You Are, Huang Po’s Zen Teaching of Huang Po, and Swami Abhedananda’s Philosophy of Work.
Transforming Negative Emotions
by Peter IngleThis book explores in greater detail and with more insight than any book ever written about the mysterious process of transforming negative emotions. It explains the nature of negative emotions, why expressing negative emotions is psychologically harmful, and what it means to rise above them with conscious awareness.
Talks with Temerlen
by Peter IngleAn engaging dialogue about enlightenment, with a focus on prayer as a pathway that leads beyond the mind into the realm of conscious awareness, with the understanding that this was the intent of whoever wrote The Lord’s Prayer.
The Quiet Place Within
by Peter IngleShort insights and observations about the nature of awareness, what it is, where it is, and what distinguishes it from the mind and body. An exploration of how awareness is not ordinarily aware of being aware, what this has to do with the ego, and how awareness transforms itself.
The Little Book of Awareness
by Peter IngleAwareness is the little noticed, rarely explored background of all of our physical and psychological experiences, and it longs to be consciously aware. This self-realization of awareness is the climax of life on earth.
Chapters: A memoir of Trauma and Heartbreak to Hope and Healing
by Jacqueline FrenchMy adult years and the time we spent living with A.L.S. were only a continuation of the trials and tribulations I faced in my own life. As a young girl, I was sexually assaulted for years by a family acquaintance, which had a profound impact on me as I went through my teenage years. Soon after graduating from high school, I endured a car accident that almost killed me and my little brother. Years later I had an ectopic pregnancy that almost also took my life just weeks before my marriage to T... more
Following the Bouncing Ball: A Fragmented American Life
by Rabon SaipThis book is based on my experience of the past 80 years, from just before WWII to the present. As an advocate for conscious aging and a creative writer, I am fascinated with how we remember and story our lives, often to our own disadvantage. Now, in these later years, I've set about the transformative task of unraveling my own fragmented journey - a constant struggle for survival, through the re-invention of one self after another. This is how I faced the painful truth that if I could not own a... more
off-script: a mom's journey through adoption, a husband's alcoholism, and special needs parenting
by Valerie CantellaA young girl dreams of the perfect life—marriage, children, and a career—her happily ever after. When a life-threatening medical condition, an alcoholic husband, and a traumatic special needs adoption shatter that dream, there are only two choices--crumble or change the narrative. Valerie learned to embrace the unimaginable to create an extraordinary life.
