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All Souls - A Family Story from Southie by Michael Patrick MacDonald
Category: Romance | Series: Biography and Memoir Ser.
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER "All Souls is the written equivalent of an Irish wake, where revelers dance and sing the dead person's praises. In that same style, the book leavens tragedy with dashes of humor but preserves the heartbreaking details."--Brent Staples, New York Times Book ReviewA breakaway bestsell ...Show more
In the Arms of the Angels - Memoirs of a Medical Volunteer, Bali, October 2002 by Kim A. Patra
Category: Biography | Series: Biography and Memoir Ser.
In the Arms of the Angels is the true story of a medical volunteer who recounts the first traumatic days following the bombing of a busy Kuta nightspot in Bali that claimed hundreds of lives, and wounded many more. Kim Patra, an expatriate nurse, writes this poignant account through the eyes of a health ...Show more
Rattler One-Seven - A Vietnam Helicopter Pilot's War Story by Chuck Gross
Category: Military | Series: North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Ser.
Rattler One-Seven puts you in the helicopter seat, to see the war in Vietnam through the eyes of an inexperienced pilot as he transforms himself into a seasoned combat veteran. When Chuck Gross left for Vietnam in 1970, he was a nineteen-year-old Army helicopter pilot fresh out of flight school. He spen ...Show more
With the Possum and the Eagle - The Memoir of a Navigator's War over Germany and Japan by Ralph H. Nutter
Category: Military History | Series: North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Ser.
Ralph H. Nutter was the lead navigator for Eighth Air Force raids over Germany when he was assigned as Maj. Gen. Curtis "the Eagle" LeMay's group navigator. Later, as the strategic air war over Europe was winding down, the ace navigator was transferred to B-29 Superfortress duty with the Twentieth Air F ...Show more
Yakuza Moon by Shoko Tendo
Category: True Crime | Series: Biography and Memoir Ser.
Born to a wealthy and powerful yakuza boss, Shoko Tendo lived the early years of her life in luxury. However, when she was six, everything changed: her father was jailed, and the family fell into debt. Bullied by her classmates because of her father's activities, and terrorized at home by her father, wh ...Show more
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