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No Child Left Behind??? The True Story of a Teacher's Quest    by Elizabeth Blake
Price: $4.95 USD. 77300 words. Language: English. Published on January 8, 2010. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

(4.00 from 1 review)
Dramatic yet hopeful memoir of teaching at-risk students. If you liked the movie "Dangerous Minds" with Michelle Pfeifer, you'll like this book. Compelling true story of one teacher's quest to leave no child behind. Blake's search for her pupose in life leads her to teach science in inner-city school. But will the stress overcome her love of teaching?
A Wonderful Woman    by Arthur A Perkins
Price: $0.99 USD. 2480 words. Language: English. Published on January 16, 2010. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

(4.00 from 1 review)
This brief memoir describes aspects of family life during and after the Second World War. It is offered in memory of my mother, Rose, a truly wonderful woman. Nowadays, similar living conditions are often portrayed in TV shows where a family may suffer a month in such poverty. My wonderful mother coped for ten hard years and ensured that her three children survived, and often thrived.
I Saw Them Ride Away    by Harry Arthur Gant
Price: $2.99 USD. 133210 words. Language: English. Published by Castle Knob Publishing  on March 31, 2010. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

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Harry Arthur Gant lived at the intersection of the Old West and the New West. He was a cowboy in Colorado during the 1890s and a silent-film cameraman in Hollywood. He tells his story with a distinctive mix of Old West plain speaking and New West sophistication, with the rough edges left on. This memoir spans two of the most fascinating parts of America's past.
Travels with Lucy : 3600 miles, 19 flat tires, 7 puppies, and 4 near-death experiences    by Chris Buerki
Price: $6.50 USD. 89500 words. Language: English. Published by Lemon Press on May 26, 2010. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.

(4.00 from 1 review)
Riding from North Central Flordia to the Oregon State like via Los Angeles, Chris Buerki racked up over 3,600 miles, 19 flat tires, four near death experiences, and seven puppies in a year long trip across America. This is his first book. He currently lives in Newbury, Florida with his dog, Lucy.
Horses, Critters, and Other Tales of a Cowboy's life    by Brian Gore
Price: $0.99 USD. 18390 words. Language: English. Published on July 17, 2010. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

(4.00 from 1 review)
These are the stories of my life... That the statute of limitations have run out on anyway! A number of short stories detailing a few of my 'finer' moments... and a couple... uh... less than fine.! I hope reading them will provide you as much enjoyment as dusting off the memories and putting them down on paper has brought me. I Vow! These are all true... with little need for embellishment!
Hitler's Ear    by Terence Nunn
Price: $2.99 USD. 57520 words. Language: English. Published on October 18, 2010. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

(4.00 from 1 review)
The true story of one of the three-and-a-half million evacuees, mainly children, who were evacuated from British cities and the Blitz at the outbreak of World War 2. A vivid, detailed insight into both the lighter and darker sides of life as a wartime evacuee far from home and family.
Second Chance    by John Thorp
Price: $3.99 USD. 38250 words. Language: English. Published by Heather Mackay  on October 19, 2010. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

(4.00 from 1 review)
John's a (FtM) transgender man. In 1950s UK, prejudice about sex change was rife. Joan helped, through private surgery, Jo’s change to John. Both emigrated to NZ, married, & lived happily until Joan’s death in 1989. ‘Second Chance’ is the sequel, a new love story. John, now retired, married Zella, who won her own battles with depression and cancer. Anyone can have a second chance.
Life as ET    by Eileen SammonsTidwell
Price: $0.99 USD. 1540 words. Language: English. Published on January 22, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

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Several short tales of unusual and unexpected events concerning a woman and a horse. Stranger than fiction at times.
Red Skies In Morning: An Unforgettable Stormy Passage from Juneau to Seattle    by Elsan Zimmerly
Price: Free! 8310 words. Language: English. Published on February 7, 2011. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Boating and sailing.

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The author, a novice sailor, and her husband set out from Juneau, Alaska on a sailboat headed for Seattle, WA. Though early spring, winter weather prevailed in the far north making the voyage long and stressful. Storms, rough seas, frigid temperatures, dense fog, intense rain squalls test their abilities, stamina and their marriage.
The Moratorium of Anya    by Shelley Glasow Schadowsky
Price: $1.99 USD. 102340 words. Language: English. Published on February 17, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

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An adoptive family is forced to abandon their eleven-year-old daughter in Ukraine. In a harrowing and true saga of sacrifice and redemption to secure Anya’s citizenship, a mother fights three governments, as guns are leveled.