Famous Builder
 Couldn't put down!: Every now and then I come across a book that takes hold of all my free time, that practically nothing gets accomplished until I reach the last page. This was one such book! The author has accomplished to portrait his journey from [... more]
$15.00
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The Language of Baklava: A Memoir
Best Memoir I've Read - and I read a few: I just finished "The Language of Baklava" and loved the style, the honesty, the capture of nuances and details, and sense of humor. Having read many excellent food, travel, immigrant or multiethnic [... more]
$23.00
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Scars of a Lifetime
Author: Saroeurn Soeun Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 920 EAN: 9781602471030 ISBN: 1602471037 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: 2007-04-10 [... more]
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Tales from the Heart: True Stories from My Childhood
Amazon.com Review: With the clarity of Caribbean sunshine and no trace of nostalgia, novelist Maryse Condé recalls her youth in Guadeloupe and in Paris. As a retired civil servant and a schoolteacher, Condé's father and his much younger [... more]
$21.00
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Chewing Gum in Holy Water: A Childhood in the Heart of Italy
Wonderful read.: One of the most enjoyable books I have read in quite a while. I loved it Author: Mario Valentini Author: Cheryl Hardacre Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 945.71091092 EAN: 9781559708371 ISBN: 1559708379 Number Of Pages: 334 [... more]
$26.00
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City of One: A Memoir
Excellent knowlege of Foster Care system and loss of family.: As a psychiatric social worker this book gives an excellent perspective on the foster care system, how we would knew it and what it has become. In addition the book Dr.Cournos writes sheds an [... more]
$19.95
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Jesus Sound Explosion (Association of Writers and ...
Be transported to another era...: I purchased "Jesus Sound Exposion" yesterday and became quickly captivated by Anderson's engrossing memoir of navigating his adolescence and young adulthood between the twin poles of Evangelical Christianity [... more]
$18.95
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Hard Candy: Nobody Ever Flies Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Truthful, Revealing & Powerful: Sometimes the truth isn't so pretty. It was hard for me to read about such horrible blunt truths of the injustices... that occurred for young Charles and his brother Bobby. It was just plain shocking and very sad. [... more]
$30.00
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Manhattan Memoir: American Girl; Manhattan, When I Was ...
Wonderful prose and a fascinating story: The other reviews told what the book was about. I just wanted to add to their comments by saying that I couldn't put the book down and was sad when it ended. Her words flowed so beautifully. Delightful, Engaging [... more]
$20.00
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Stolen Voices: Young People's War Diaries, from World ...
Through the Eyes of the Innocents: This collection of war diaries presents conflicts from World War I to Iraq through a lens not usually viewed - the writings of young people who are experiencing them first hand. These intimate writings relate the [... more]
$14.00
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Golden Boy: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood
Golden Throughout: I read this book because I love Hong Kong and its history. I was totally unprepared for Booth's parents and adored Joyce. How cannot you not like someone so lively, loving, accepting (except of Ken) and adventuresome? While the family ( [... more]
$25.95
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Twice Born: Memoirs of an Adopted Daughter
A powerful memoir that should not be generalized: This is a truly moving book with poignant descriptions of Lifton's suffering as a child. She was adopted at age 2-1/2, told of her adoption at age 7 and warned by her harsh and controlling adoptive mother [... more]
$15.95
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