Authors: Bill Gray.
Hardcover, 460 pages
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Publication Date: 2000-03-26
Edition: 1

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    Blind parents James and Iola Penland who did magnificent feats set the stage for Bill Gray's memoirs. Bill includes wonderful stories that involve other people and gives a special realism to life as lived from the 1930's until today.

The events take place in both rural and city settings and in all kinds of circumstances. The stories are filled with human emotions and will cause readers to laugh, cry, get frustrated, have compassion, adore the romantic passion, feel the political battles, and become exasperated at some of the crazy circumstances.

The book contains a vast array of settings. Just as in life, there are always changes taking place with new surprises and challenges.

There is history of Western North Carolina. There are the dynamics of NASA, the USAF, and the malestrom of White House politics. There is the everyday trials and tribulations of family living with some joyous triumphs and terrible tragedies. There is nostalgia and inspiration in this book for almost anyone....

Authors: Dustin W Ballard. Duffy Ballard.
Paperback, 70 pages
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Publication Date: 2007-12-20
Edition: 0

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    Jeffrey Mains was in shock.

During a vengeful rampage, a deranged former security guard had fired a hollow point bullet into Mains’ truck. The bullet’s path through steel slowed its velocity, causing it to tumble sideways when it collided with Mains, a phenomenon that ballistics experts call the “bullet’s yaw.” The bullet’s impact and ensuing yaw were over in a blink, but the effects were profound. Mains’ bowel was pierced and leaking, his liver lacerated and one diaphragm ruptured. When the ambulance arrived, Jeffrey Mains was nearly unconscious; he was bleeding internally and desperately needed surgery. He was rushed, lights blazing and sirens calling, to the UC Davis Medical Center. This is where, several weeks and many complications later, he became my patient.

During my three-year residency in emergency medicine I treated thousands of patients—strangers such as Jeffrey Mains. Most passed through my life swiftly and their illnesses left but a wisp in my memory. A handful of patients, however, marked me forever. The Bullet’s Yaw is the story of one of these unforgettable strangers and what he taught me about life, violence and healing.

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Authors: Sarah Mankowski.
Paperback, 156 pages
Publisher: Wordthunder Publications
Publication Date: 2004-04-01


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    Internet Publishing/Biography

This is the true story of a legally blind writer’s journey from a Florida housing project to attaining fulfillment as a web designer and publisher. "To understand a technology, perhaps one should not only hear from the inventors, but also from the individuals whose lives are forever altered."...

Authors: Charles N. Li.
Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Publication Date: 2009-03-01


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A haunting and illuminating true story of growing up in the turbulent early years of modern China

In this exceptional memoir, Charles N. Li brings into focus the growth pains of a nation undergoing torturous rebirth and offers an intimate understanding of the intricate, subtle, and yet all-powerful traditions that bind the Chinese family.

Born near the beginning of World War II, Li Na was the youngest son of a wealthy Chinese government official. By the time he was twenty-one, he had witnessed enough hardship, hope, and tremendous change to last a lifetime. Li saw his family's fortunes dashed when Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists came to power in 1945, transforming his father from a powerful official to a prisoner jailed for treason. He survived a year in a dangerous Nanjing slum and watched from his aunt's Shanghai apartment as the Communist army marched in and seized the city in 1948. He experienced both the heady materialism of the decadent foreign "white ghosts" in British Hong Kong and the crippling starvation within the harsh confines of a Communist reform school. He went from being Li Na—the dutiful Chinese son yearning for a harsh, manipulative father's love—to Charles, an independent Chinese American seeking no one's approval but his own.

Lyrical and luminous, intense and extraordinary, The Bitter Sea is an unforgettable tale of one young man and his country.

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Authors: CHQ Management Communication.
Pamphlet, pages
Publisher: Management communications
Publication Date: 1966


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    informational pamphlet with chronology of IBM -- from the early years in the late 1800's until ... this one goes until mid - 1966. Others naturally end earlier or go later. Spine stapled. 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches. 14 numbered pages....

Authors: Ejovi Nuwere. David Chanoff.
Library Binding, 258 pages
Publisher:
Publication Date: 2008-11-05
Edition: Reprint

Authors: T. Jefferson Parker.
Audio Cassette, 10 pages
Publisher: Books On Tape, Inc.
Publication Date: 1997
Edition: Unabridged, 10 - 1.5 Hours Audio Cassettes

Authors: Vanessa Q. Sonja Katz. Vanessaq Aol. Com.
Hardcover, 176 pages
Publisher: Emery Dalton Books
Publication Date: 1996-02


Reviews :

    Written with humor and a keen eye for psychological and sexual nuance, this book takes readers to the point in Katz's adventures where the line between "real sex" and "computer sex" begins to blur. In the end, after a fierce struggle, she conquers her on-line addictions, settles down and marries. Great reading with many a shocking twist....

Authors: Tom Filsinger.
Paperback, 225 pages
Publisher: Brust Books
Publication Date: 2005-07-12


Reviews :

    The Dark Menace of the Universe is a memoir on creativity written by Tom Filsinger, an Associate Professor of Psychology and game industry entrepreneur. The book is an analysis of creativity as it relates to rebellion and culture. In The Dark Menace of the Universe, Filsinger tells the inside story of how he created card games like Champions of the Galaxy and Legends of Wrestling. He discusses how he proposed a basic version of his game to the World Wrestling Federation in 1984 only to be rejected in favor of a Milton Bradley game, and how this rejection inadvertently led to the creation and success of Champions of the Galaxy. In addition to being the owner of a game company, Filsinger is also an Associate Professor of Psychology in Jamestown, New York. In The Dark Menace of the Universe he brings together his scholarly interests and game entrepreneurship. “I use the expression, 'The Dark Menace of the Universe,' to refer to creativity in general. Creative people are often misunderstood by others and I analyze why this might be the case.” Filsinger uses examples from the lives of famous creators to shed light on his subject, including anecdotes from writer Stephen King, jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton, cartoonist Gary Larson, and others....

Authors: Ramin Jahanbegloo.
Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Phoenix Press
Publication Date: 2000-11-01


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