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Joseph D. Walker- The Stimulus Fortune
Full time: Joseph D. Walker- The Stimulus Fortune: When Rock Bottom Means You Are Just Getting Started Genre: Nonfiction/Motivational/Sel...
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Jul 28, 2022
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Danusha Goska- God Through Binoculars: A Hitchhiker at a Monastery
Genre: Memoir/Faith 4 Stars Interesting Memoir What a inspirational title in od Through Binoculars: A Hitchhiker at a Monastery by...
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Jul 27, 2022
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Rebecca Schiller- A Thousand Ways to Pay Attention
Rebecca Schiller- A Thousand Ways to Pay Attention: A memoir of Coming Home to My Neurodivergent Mind Genre: Nonfiction/Memoir 5 Stars A...
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Jun 8, 2022
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Annie Krabbenschmidt- Fred: An Unbecoming Woman
Genre: Memoir/LGBTQ2S 5 Stars Powerful Memoir What a powerful story of life, love, and living as ones true self in Fred: An Unbecoming...
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Jun 3, 2022
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Malve von Hassell- Tapestry of My Mother’s Life
Genre: Memoir 5 Stars Magnificently written memoir What a magnificent title in Tapestry of My Mother’s Life by Malve von Hassell. I am a...
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May 30, 2022
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Helene Munson- Hitler’s Boy Soldiers: How My Father’s Generation Was Trained to Kill and Sent to Die
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs/History/WWII 5 Stars Unimaginable What a superbly written title in Hitler’s Boy Soldiers: How My Father’s...
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May 24, 2022
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Amy Sonnie and contributors - Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology
Amy Sonnie and contributors - Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology Contributors: Amy Sonnie, Ahimsa Timoteo...
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Apr 24, 2022
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Frederick Douglass Reynolds- Black, White, and Gray All Over
Full Title: Frederick Douglass Reynolds- Black, White, and Gray All Over: A Black Man's Odyssey in Life and Law Enforcement 5 Stars A...
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Apr 18, 2022
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M. G. Crisci- Only In New York 3
5 Stars Interesting and more truths of the DNA of NY Matthew Crisci's third book of Only in New York. And more great stories and...
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Apr 12, 2022
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Gary Orleck - Travels With Maurice An Outrageous Adventure In Europe In 1968
4 Stars Sparked Memories! What a grand title in Travels with Maurice An Outrageous Adventure In Europe In 1968 by Gary Orleck. I haven't...
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Apr 5, 2022
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Ruth Rymer - Raising The Bar: A Lawyer's Memoir
5 Stars An interesting memoir What a grand title in Raising The Bar: A Lawyer's Memoir by Ruth Rymer. I haven't read work from this...
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Apr 5, 2022
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Sanjiv T Lall - Rubies in my Ears, Obsession to Success
Full Title: Sanjiv T Lall - Rubies in my Ears, Obsession to Success: Six Countries, Six Adventures. One Relentless Obsession: Success 4...
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Apr 4, 2022
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Anne Frank- Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl
5 Stars Heartbreaking and yet, very interesting The Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl book is not just about a young girl and most of her...
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Apr 3, 2022
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Arthur Sesnovich and Frank Quaglia- Mumblings of a Mortician
5 Stars Amazingly humorous stories, all true! What a magnificent title in Mumblings of a Mortician by Arthur Sesnovich & Frank Quaglia. I...
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Mar 29, 2022
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Donna Y Ferris - We’ve Got to Stop Meeting Like This
Full Title: Donna Y Ferris - We’ve Got to Stop Meeting Like This: A Memoir of Missed Connections 4 Stars Great Read What a fantastically...
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Mar 20, 2022
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Mary J. Michaels - Pursued by Darkness: A Journey into Light
5 Stars Magnetic Read What an interestingly journey in Pursued by Darkness: A Journey into Light by Mary J. Michaels. I have become a big...
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Feb 20, 2022
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Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
5 Stars Interesting memoir with excellent graphics within the graphic novel What an interesting memoir in the form of a graphic novel, in...
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Jan 9, 2022
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Beyond The Masked Kid by Dan Neiser
4 Stars A very unique and interesting adventure What an interesting story in Beyond The Masked Kid by Dan Neiser. I haven't read work...
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Dec 19, 2021
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Maid by Stephanie Land
5 Stars A well-written, honest memoir This book is written in first person, the narrator being a newly single mother, and trying to go...
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Dec 11, 2021
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Everything Is Perfect by Kate Nason
5 Stars An amazing story Nason tells an amazing memoir in Everything Is Perfect. I haven't heard or read work from this author before,...
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Nov 8, 2021
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