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Exit Strategy: Depriving Death of Its Strangeness    by David B. Oliver
Price: $4.99 USD. 66590 words. Language: English. Published on February 6, 2013. Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Cancer.

Instead of crawling into a cave, or fighting to futility, David Oliver chose to use his “Stage IV” cancer diagnosis as an opportunity to help others. Although given a death sentence, he has written this compelling and inspirational story that has reached around the world. It will make you laugh, cry, and want to rise up and give him a standing ovation.
Vintage1930 - Still Here    by Margot Harris
Price: $2.99 USD. 60700 words. Language: English. Published on March 30, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir.

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An inspirational story of one woman's experience of personal change in her life and adaptation to living in a world of changing politics, war, and technology. It's a journey from Germany in the 1930's to the present day in England.
Drunk on Sports    by Tim Cowlishaw
Price: $9.99 USD. 57920 words. Language: English. Agented by David Vigliano on March 18, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

Far be it from Tim Cowlishaw to advise against drinking, as he admits that it got him the inside track on some of the best stories of his sports writing career. But Tim has learned the hard way the hazards of over-doing it, and shares his highs and lows in the entertaining, yet poignant Drunk on Sports. Follow along with amusing accounts of sports history, from head coach drama to Super Bowl wins.
Steadily Moving Forward - The Life of Dr. Robert Charles Wallace    by David Dewar
Price: $19.99 USD. 104130 words. Language: English. Published by Alder Book Publishing  on November 29, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Teachers & educators.

Dr. R.C. Wallace did more to open up the northern territories of Manitoba and Alberta, in the early 1900's, than any other Canadian, leading its exploration and development. As an educator at some of Canada's top universities and President of Queen's University, he championed the development of the north by inspiring many of his students.
Malcolm is a little unwell    by malcolm brabant
Price: $9.99 USD. 85470 words. Language: English. Published on May 20, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Editors, journalists, & publishers.

‘Malcolm is a little unwell’ is the shocking, gripping narrative of Malcolm Brabant’s descent into madness caused by a routine yellow fever vaccination. The book chronicles a Kafkaesque journey through insanity during which Brabant first believes he is the Messiah and later, the Devil. Brabant, an award winning veteran BBC foreign correspondent, attempts suicide in order to save the world.
Because It Was Sunday: The Legend of Jack Youngblood    by D.W. Cooper
Price: $9.99 USD. 63190 words. Language: English. Published on November 21, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Sports biography.

He roamed gridirons of grass and turf for a quarter century with a speed, fury, grace and skill the likes of which have never been seen before or will be witnessed again. On those fields, Pro Football Hall of Famer Jack Youngblood left everything. Enjoy this book, as the "John Wayne of football" takes us in the huddle, on the field, and into his life. A life led as uniquely as anyone, ever.
"¡Papi, Quiero Ser Un Menudo!"    by Ramon Acevedo, Sr
Price: $7.99 USD. 100830 words. Language: Spanish. Published on September 7, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Celebrity biography.

La veridica historia de como un niño de 12 años de edad se atrevió a soñar con un imposible, pertenecer a la grupación Menudo. Con el apoyo de su familia se enfrentó a los retos que conllevaba esta ilución y lograr con exito llegar a su meta. Luego el enfrentamiento con Padosa y Edgardo Díaz, manejadores del grupo, y su forma peculiar chocante de conducir los negocios de los Menudos.
Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA    by Richard Hill
Price: $15.00 USD. 67620 words. Language: English. Published on September 12, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir.

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"Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA" is Richard Hill's true and intensely personal story of how he pieced together the long-kept secret of his own origins. This highly suspenseful book is a page-turning saga of personal detective work and the first book to chronicle the paradigm-shifting application of genetic genealogy to adoption search.
An Abundance of Miracles:The Autobiography of Charles A. Cofield    by Foraker Smith
Price: $4.99 USD. 78810 words. Language: English. Published on May 9, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

twenty-year old howard university student, charles cofield, watches people riot in the streets of washington d.c. they are anguished over the assassination of martin luther king in memphis, tennessee. hours later he falls from his dormitory bunk and his neck is severely injured. his life in that very instant is changed forever. his ather and mother pray and place Charles in god's hands.
Living at Twice the Speed of Sound    by Eddie Shapiro
Price: $1.99 USD. 62680 words. Language: English. Published by Dov Silverman on March 3, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs.

Information in this book has been cleared for disclosure by the Israeli Military Censor. Some names and dates were changed to protect those endangered by evidential exposure. If you read the Best Seller, "Start-Up Nation" by Dan Senor and Saul Singer then you must read "Living at Twice the Speed of Sound" The Senor/Singer book reveals a broad picture of Israel's Economic Miracle. Eitan (Eddie) Sh