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The Greatest: Muhammad Ali: Muhammad Ali 
(Softcover Book in new condition) 

"I'm not only the greatest; I'm the double greatest."-- Muhammad Ali in 1962 to the NY Times.The Louisville Lip. Cassius Clay. The Greatest.Muhammad Ali may be known by more than one name, but his accomplishments, both inside and out of the boxing ring, have earned him a singular place in history as one of the most inspiring figures of the twentieth century. In his riveting portrayal of Ali's spirit and courage, award-winning author Walter Dean Myers also exposes the hazards of boxing -- the sport Ali loved, but which ultimately damaged him and many other greats beyond repair. Through the story of Ali's childhood, his rise as a champion, his politics, and his battle against Parkinson's disease, readers will come to know the man behind the brash public persona -- the man whose talent and legacy will stir and inspire a new generation of fans.

The Greatest: Muhammad Ali: Muhammad Ali

ITEM: Book:  Finding a Way to Play / The Pioneering Spirit of Women in Basketball - by Joanne Lannin - published by Portlandia Press - ©2015 Paperback Edition - 191 pages - Illustrated - ISBN 9780996585705.

CONDITION:  Good++ overall - no markings or stains on texts pages - cover shows light wear only from handling & shelving - one light stains on riht page board; other two unsoiled - binding still tight & intact, appearing to never been read.

Finding a Way to Play: The Pioneering Spirit of Women in Basketball - ©2015 PB

A chance encounter at a summer party on Martha's Vineyard blossomed into an improbable but enduring friendship. Carly Simon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis made an unlikely pair--Carly, a free and artistic spirit still reeling from her recent divorce, searching for meaning, new love, and an anchor; and Jackie, one of the most celebrated, meticulous, unknowable women in American history.

Touched by the Sun: My Friendship with Jackie by Carly Simon

Embark on a journey of self-discovery and resilience with this compelling 8-book bundle. Each book is a unique story of triumph over adversity, personal growth, or invaluable life lessons, offering readers a window into the human spirit's strength and determination. 

Included in this collection are:
1. "Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist"
2. "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead" 
3. "Around the House and In the Garden: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing, and Home Improvement"
4. "The First Twenty"
5. "No Lights, No Sirens: The Corruption and Redemption of an Inner City Cop"
6. "My Life"
7. "The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature"
8. "One and the Same: My Life as an Identical Twin and What I've Learned About Everyone's Struggle to Be Singular"

This bundle is perfect for readers who appreciate stories of personal triumph and the indomitable spirit of individuals facing adversity. 

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Path of Resilience: 8 Inspiring Books on Overcoming Challenges & Personal Growth

Dive into this thought-provoking book bundle that gives unique insight into the realities of war and its profound impact. These six books offer raw, in-depth narratives spanning various periods and perspectives, showcasing the resilience of the human spirit amidst conflict.
This collection includes:

"A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband, Danny Pearl"
"American War Library - The Civil War: Life Among the Soldiers and Cavalry"
"Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate"
"Imperial Life in The Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone"
"In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror"
"Our Good Name: A Company's Fight to Defend Its Honor and Get the Truth Told About Abu Ghraib"

These books present an authentic perspective on war and its ramifications, offering an in-depth understanding of the personal, political, and societal consequences of conflict.

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War & Impact 6 Book Bundle: Riveting Accounts of Conflict and Its Repercussions

In his narrative, Bibb recounts the brutalities and injustices he endured during his life as a slave, including the separation of families, physical abuse, and the constant fear of being sold. He details his multiple attempts to escape slavery and the challenges he faced along the way. Bibb also reflects on the psychological and emotional impact of slavery on himself and other enslaved individuals.

Through his narrative, Bibb sheds light on the horrors of slavery and the dehumanizing conditions that African Americans were subjected to during that era. His story also highlights the resilience, determination, and courage of those who fought for their freedom.

“Narrative of the Life of Henry Bibb” is considered an important document in the genre of slave narratives, offering readers a personal and vivid account of the harsh realities of slavery in the United States. It serves as a testament to the strength and spirit of those who sought freedom and contributed to the abolitionists.

The Life of Henry Bibb

In the spirit of Oliver Sacks and the inspiration for the NBC drama New Amsterdam, this intensely involving memoir from a Medical Director of Bellevue Hospital looks poignantly at patients' lives and highlights the complex mind-body connection.

Using the plights of twelve very different patients--from dignitaries at the nearby UN, to supermax prisoners at Riker's Island, to illegal immigrants, and Wall Street tycoons--Dr. Eric Manheimer "offers far more than remarkable medical dramas: he blends each patient's personal experiences with their social implications" (Publishers Weekly).
Manheimer is not only the medical director of the country's oldest public hospital, but he is also a patient. As the book unfolds, the narrator is diagnosed with cancer, and he is forced to wrestle with the end of his own life even as he struggles to save the lives of others.

12 patients new Amsterdam book

This boxset of five titles is a forceful reminder of the tremendous impact that the slave trade of the 16th-19th centuries had on those coerced into servitude and, subsequently, their descendants. Through kidnapping, murder and trickery, families were destroyed forever as they were taken from their homelands, split up and treated as less than human. But brutal as their experiences were, there are also powerful stories of indomitable spirits, pioneers, courage and, above all, hope within these pages.  Inside the boxst, you will find the following titles: • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas by Frederick Douglas • Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington • The Underground Railway by William Still • Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup • Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself by Harriet Jacobs  Together, they form a powerful lesson that we must never forget.

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Harriet Jacobs In Their Own Voices First hand Histories Formerly Enslaved People

MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST The perennially bestselling, extraordinary, one-of-a-kind, "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world's most gifted storytellers. 
The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family. 
The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York.

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Bobby Kennedy Raging Spirit by Chris Matthews Like New

Night is Elie Wiesel's masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. This new translation by Marion Wiesel, Elie's wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the language and spirit truest to the author's original intent. And in a substantive new preface, Elie reflects on the enduring importance of Night and his lifelong, passionate dedication to ensuring that the world never forgets man's capacity for inhumanity to man.

Night by Elie Wiesel

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette’s brilliant and charismatic father captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn’t want the responsibility of raising a family.

The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls - paperback

SIGNED The Petty Family Album In Tribute to Adam Petty Pattie Petty Dustin Long

In 1998, 18-year-old Adam Petty won ARCA at Charlotte County Speedway and became the youngest superspeedway winner ever bringing further acclaim to motor racing's first family. The eldest son of Kyle and Patty Petty, Adam was the fourth generation of Petty's to excel at NASCAR, following in the tracks of his father, Kyle; his grandfather, Richard, known to all fans as the "King" of the sport; and his great-grandfather, Lee, one of the original founders of stock car racing. NASCAR had found its newest, brightest star and Petty Racing had not only reinforced its legacy but found its exciting future. In May 2000 Adam was tragically killed on a practice run in New Hampshire, leaving the racing world tear-filled with the promise Adam offered. 
This is an inspiring and unique book about family spirit, told by parents who have inherited themselves a legacy of success, enjoyed the greatest gifts, endured the rigor

The Petty Family Album In Tribute to Adam Petty Signed 1st ED by Petty Long

Vanna White Hardback Book With Dust Cover.  All in good condition.  The dust cover has a couple of bends & yellowing from age.  Copyright 1987.  
Publisher - Warner Books.  
By Vanna White with Bart Andrews.  Vanna tells
her story of the rise to fame.  Also advice on beauty 
in mind / spirit / body.  Lots of black & white & color 
photos.
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Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her multimillion-copy best seller Reading Lolita in Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics of English and American literature to her eager students in Iran. In this electrifying follow-up, she argues that fiction is just as threatened — and just as invaluable — in America today.

Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favorite novels, she describes the unexpected journey that led her to become an American citizen after first dreaming of America as a young girl in Tehran and coming to know the country through its fiction. She urges us to rediscover the America of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and challenges us to be truer to the words and spirit of the Founding Fathers, who understood that their democratic experiment would never thrive or survive unless they could foster a democratic imagi

Reading Lolita in Tehran&A life in books the republican imagination-azar Nafisi

- The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
- excellent page conditions, like new
- nonfiction (paperback)
- Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family. 

The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.

The Glass Castle is truly astonishing--a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.
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"Above the Clouds" by Jonathan Bach

FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, COMPLETE NUMBER LINE. Clean text. DJ has rubbing and edge wear. Small stain on FFEP. Please see photos. The author of this book tells of renewing his relationship with his father. His father is Richard Bach, author of the famous “JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL.” Afterword by Richard Bach.

"Jonathan Bach, the son of author Richard Bach, was named after the soaring, learning spirit of his father's most famous book, Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Jonathan was 2 years old when Richard left the family and divorced his wife, creating what society calls a "broken home." From the day he was told that Richard didn't want to be a dad, Jonathan had an excuse to hate his father, to see him as nothing more than a failure and a coward. This is the true story of how Jonathan's compelling search to learn the truth amid a sea of half-truths gave him the courage at age 21 to plow through his confusion and meet Richard."

FATHER-SON REUNION - TRUE STORY; Afterward by bestselling author Richard Bach

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In Lucky, a memoir hailed for its searing candour and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in a park near campus. What propels this chronicle of her recovery is Sebold's indomitable spirit - as she struggles for understanding ('After telling the hard facts to anyone, from lover to friend, I have changed in their eyes'); as her dazed family and friends sometimes bungle their efforts to provide comfort and support; and as, ultimately, she triumphs, managing through grit and coincidence to help secure her attacker's arrest and conviction. In a narrative by turns disturbing, thrilling, and inspiring, Alice Sebold illuminates the experience of trauma victims even as she imparts wisdom profoundly hard-won: 'You save yourself or you remain unsaved.'

LUCKY by Alice Sebold

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette’s brilliant and charismatic father captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn’t want the responsibility of raising a family

The Glass Castle

Very Good Condition, almost new.  (158/0) ISBN 9780141984766 Synopsis ""The Viking Age is shot through with the spirit of adventure. For 300 years, from just before AD800 until well into the eleventh century, the Vikings affected almost every region accessible to their ships, and left traces that are still part of life today."

Far from being just "wild, barbaric, axe-wielding pirates," the Vikings created complex social institutions, oversaw the coming of Christianity to Scandinavia, and made a major impact on European history through trade, travel, and far-flung consolidation. This encyclopedic study brings together the latest research on Viking art, burial customs, class divisions, jewelry, kingship, poetry, and family life. The result is a rich and compelling picture of an extraordinary civilization.

The Vikings 3rd Edition by Else Roesdahl (Paperback) 2016

From a childhood survivor of the Cambodian genocide under the regime of Pol Pot, this is a riveting narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their triumph of spirit.

One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings were sent to labor camps, and those who survived the horrors would not be reunited until the Khmer Rouge was destroyed.

Harrowing yet hopeful, Loung's powerful story is an unforgettable account of a family shaken and shattered, yet miraculously sustained by courage and love in the face of unspeakable brutality.

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First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung ~ BB # D

Paperback (by Lu) ISBN 9798985791907 (10/0) Synopsis "What you hold in your hands is more than a memoir; it is a healing manual and living proof that anything can be overcome. Get ready, as you’re in for an intense, wild journey with this woman and her lifelong connection with Spirit.
Share in the journey of a child who was neglected, beaten, starved and burned, then torn from her siblings before the age of three. Raised to believe she was a bastard child, stupid and unworthy of her dreams or any kind of love through constant invalidation—often times brutal and perverse—by the couple who adopted her.
Her first Near Death Experience was at age 7. After being mortally wounded at age 33, she was declared dead and given the choice to stay on the other side or come back.
Follow her journey from self-loathing and blame to forgiveness, and from hating her life and wanting to die to being grateful for all she experienced. Witness her transformation from self-proclaimed atheist to finding Go

Tortured To Triumphant, One Woman's spiritual Journey Through Complex PTSD 2022

Condition: Good Preowned
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN: 0-7432-4754-X
Copyright: 2005
MSRP: $17.00

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family.
The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.
The Glass Castle is truly astonishing -- a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.

The Glass House by Jeannette Walls

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Holy Ghosts by Gary Jansen MEMOIR

"Lost in the Shadows: A Memoir" is a compelling and deeply personal narrative that takes readers on a journey through the author's life. This memoir provides an intimate glimpse into the shadows of the human experience, recounting moments of hardship, self-discovery, and resilience. As the author shares their remarkable story, you'll be drawn into a world of challenges and triumphs, offering insight, inspiration, and a profound connection with the human spirit.

Lost In The Shadows A Memoir

A fascinating story of survival and the triumph of the human spirit over hardship is Dave Pelzer's journey from a young child who lived in terror of his unstable, violently unpredictable mother's every move to his rise to global inspiration.
This book has been read but is in excellent condition 
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My Story: A Child Called It, The Lost Boy, A Man...by Dave Pelzer, Excellent

Filled with the thrilling never-before-told personal stories of the prisoners of war held within it's walls -- who made it their personal duty and obsession to escape -- Colditz offers endlessly intriguing stories of consummate survivors who proved the human spirit to be indomitable. During World War II Colditz, a medieval fortress, served as the only high-security camp in Germany. Its massive walls contained every persistent escapee, troublemaker, and valuable hostage captured by the Germans. Guards and prisoners were almost equal in number, and Colditz -- which boasted such prison-break deterrents as walls up to twelve feet thick, battlements of solid rock, and a 150-foot drop from the castle to the valley below -- was considered escape proof. But the prisoners -- many of whom were high-ranking military officers -- were determined to accomplish the impossible and pooled their collective talents to create the greatest escape academy of the war. 

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Colditz: The Untold Story of World War II's Great Escapes by Henry Chancello

The Panzer Killers: The Untold Story of a Fighting General and His Spearhead Tank Division's Charge into the Third Reich

An absolutely awesome book. Bought it a couple months ago and have read it 7 times. But time to change things up.

Two months after D-Day, the Allies found themselves in a stalemate in Normandy, having suffered enormous casualties attempting to push through hedgerow country. Troops were spent, and American tankers, lacking the tactics and leadership to deal with the terrain, were losing their spirit. General George Patton and the other top U.S. commanders needed an officer who knew how to break the impasse and roll over the Germans—they needed one man with the grit and the vision to take the war all the way to the Rhine. Patton and his peers selected Maurice Rose.

The son of a rabbi, Rose never discussed his Jewish heritage. But his ferocity on the battlefield reflected an inner flame. He led his 3rd Armored Division not from a command post...

The Panzer Killers: The Untold Story of a Fighting General and... Paperback

Discover the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit with this special curated bundle of seven enlightening and moving books. This collection offers deeply personal narratives of triumph, perseverance, and the indomitable will to succeed. Every book in this bundle is a testament to the enduring power of hope and determination.

Included in this bundle:

"A Hand to Guide Me"
"I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse?"
"In an Instant: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing"
"No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books)"
"No Limits the Will to Succeed"
"Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress"
"There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children"

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SOUL OF A DOG - BOOK
REFLECTIONS ON THE SPIRITS OF THE ANIMALS OF BEDLAM FARM
BY JON KATZ

.. Do animals have souls? Some of our greatest thinkersâ€”Aristotle, Plato, Thomas Aquinasâ€”and countless animal lovers have been obsessed with this question for thousands of years. Now New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz looks for an answer. With his signature wisdom, humor, and clarity, Katz relates the stories of the animals he lives with on Bedlam Farm and finds remarkable kinships at every turn. Whether it is beloved sheepdog Rose’s brilliant and methodical herding ability, Mother the cat’s keen mousing instincts, or Izzy’s canine compassion toward hospice patients, Katz is mesmerized to see in them individual personas and sparks of self-awareness. Soul of a Dog will resonate with anyone who loves dogs, cats, or other animalsâ€”and who wonders about the spirits that animate them and the deepening hold they have on our lives. 

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By  Davianna Pomaika'i McGregor. Good Condition.  Slight shelving on corners.  Synopsis "The word kua‘âina translates literally as "back land" or "back country." Davianna Pômaika‘i McGregor grew up hearing it as a reference to an awkward or unsophisticated person from the country. However, in the context of the Native Hawaiian cultural renaissance of the late twentieth century, kua‘âina came to refer to those who actively lived Hawaiian culture and kept the spirit of the land alive. The mo‘olelo (oral traditions) recounted in this book reveal how kua‘âina have enabled Native Hawaiians to endure as a unique and dignified people after more than a century of American subjugation and control. The stories are set in rural communities or cultural kîpuka―oases from which traditional Native Hawaiian culture can be regenerated and revitalized.
By focusing in turn on an island (Moloka‘i), moku (the districts of Hana, Maui, and Puna, Hawai‘i), and an ahupua‘a (Waipi‘io, Hawai‘i), McGregor examin

Nā Kua‘āina: Living Hawaiian Culture 2007 Paperback ISBN 9780824832124

A Man Named Dave, which has sold over 1 million copies, is the gripping conclusion to Dave Pelzer’s inspirational and New York Times bestselling trilogy of memoirs that began with A Child Called "It" and The Lost Boy.

"All those years you tried your best to break me, and I'm still here. One day you'll see, I'm going to make something of myself." These words were Dave Pelzer's declaration of independence to his mother, and they represented the ultimate act of self-reliance. Dave's father never intervened as his mother abused him with shocking brutality, denying him food and clothing, torturing him in any way she could imagine. This was the woman who told her son she could kill him any time she wanted to—and nearly did. 

The more than two million readers of Pelzer's New York Times and international bestselling memoirs A Child Called "It" and The Lost Boy know that he lived to tell his courageous story. With stunning generosity of spirit, Dave Pelzer invites readers on his journey to di

A Man Named Dave by Dave Pelzer

The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette’s brilliant and charismatic father captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn’t want the responsibility of raising a family. 

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BY WANGARI MAATHAI

...Hugely charismatic, humble, and possessed of preternatural luminosity of spirit, Wangari Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and a single mother of three, recounts her extraordinary life as a political activist, feminist, and environmentalist in Kenya.

Born in a rural village in 1940, Wangari Maathai was already an iconoclast as a child, determined to get an education even though most girls were uneducated. We see her studying with Catholic missionaries, earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the United States, and becoming the first woman both to earn a PhD in East and Central Africa and to head a university department in Kenya. We witness her numerous run-ins with the brutal Moi government. She makes clear the political and personal reasons that compelled her, in 1977, to establish the Green Belt Movement, which spread from Kenya across Africa and which helps restore indigenous forests...

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Explore human resilience and the power of the human spirit with this collection of deeply moving and inspirational memoirs. This 9-book bundle offers unique perspectives on overcoming adversity, dealing with loss, and finding the strength to reclaim life from the ashes of despair.

Included in the bundle are:
1. "A Walk on the Beach: Tales of Wisdom From an Unconventional Woman"
2. "Priceless Inspirations"
3. "You Can Run, But You Can't Hide"
4. "Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings"
5. "Hit Hard: A Story of Hitting Rock Bottom at the Top"
6. "A Teenager's Journey: Overcoming a Childhood of Abuse"
7. "Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain"
8. "After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search"
9. "For Laci: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Justice"


This collection of books provides inspiration, encourages introspection, and is a testament to human resilience and the will to overcome.

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Triumph Over Trials: Inspirational Stories of Resilience & Redemption 9 Book ARS

From Publishers Weekly

Born in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), cowboy humorist Will Rogers (1879-1935) had a "dual consciousness," in Yagoda's estimate. The rope-twirling vaudeville monologist, salty political commentator, silent film actor and New York Times columnist was the son of a former slaveholder and Confederate veteran, but he was also one-quarter Cherokee and the tribe vividly remembered Andrew Jackson's massive betrayal of the Cherokees. Rogers embodied old-time values, yet he "opportunistically" embraced the new mass-culture media. Apostle of decency, he headlined in the "all-but-pornographic" Ziegfeld Follies. Yagoda, a University of Delaware assistant professor of English, has written the fullest biography of this American icon, a resonant portrait imbued with Rogers's irreverent spirit, yet attuned to both the strengths and limitations of his commonsense, crackerbarrel world view. Sam Goldwyn, W. C. Fields, Charles Lindbergh, Calvin Coolidge, FDR etc.

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