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A Dog Named Chilli: My New Home By: Mark Chartrand Join a dog named Chilli on his greatest adventure yet! Recently being adopted by a loving couple, Chilli meets a ton of new friends, and with new friends comes a wild journey! Chilli and his friends encounter fights, love, and a quest on self –discovery. Being a story for children, Chilli teaches kids that we come across people who may not be like us, but we can learn from each other. The adventure of Chilli and his friends teaches young ones how to deal with bullies, loyalty, and standing up for your friends.
My Brother’s Daughter By: Barbara Sando Hynum My Brother’s Daughter is an autobiographical account of one woman’s journey and family relationships as a youth in the 1950s and ’60s and into adulthood. The author focuses on her relationship with a loving and admired uncle and the last 2½ years of his life. Decisions being made for the uncle lead to much family turmoil and great emotional pain, including feelings of betrayal and loss. While dealing with the emotional pain, the author begins to move toward forgiving her family, allowing her to let go of the past and move forward. My Brother’s Daughter is a story that readers from all cultures and backgrounds will be able to identify with and, hopefully, learn from.
Precious Memories: God's Gift of Life By: James J. Hackett Monsignor Oscar Aquino commented that upon reading this book, he sensed the presence of God in each memory. Father Joseph Franco, a VA Chaplin, was moved to use excerpts in his ministry. Father Wilfred Dodo uses passages in his homilies. Another reader described the book as “inspirational” and it has encouraged an additional reader to begin to author his own.
Year 2150By: Kevin S. Kim Damon Brown was only a teenager when there was an outbreak. People were infected, crops were drying up and society was going to hell. He found himself alone with only his adopted brother for company. Both of them were on the run from a band of evil scientists. That was until they were rescued by a renegade army. The army taught the brothers about their supernatural lineages and how to defend their land. The safe haven did not last very long. The introduction of new faces combined with hidden agendas made for a treacherous war zone.
In Colored Boy, Olin Gaines Jr. spares no details in describing the harsh realities of life for Black Americans after the era of slavery. Centered in his home in Hartford, Connecticut, the book highlights the simple pleasures of life in the projects as well as the cruelty and injustice his family suffered throughout the 1900s. Gaines pays particular attention to a lawsuit he won against the State of Connecticut Department of Transportation, a victory for all who have suffered racial discrimination in the job force. Gaines says, "Life is what you make of it," and Colored Boy illustrates one family's story of survival, making the most of a life met with extreme challenges. As his story demonstrates, racism and discrimination are still very much alive in America today, and this biography is an important one for readers interested in racial justice. About the Author Olin Gaines Jr. is happily retired and spends his free time writing and traveling. As a real estate investor, he is always on the lookout for a good deal and enjoys remodeling, especially the landscape of his own beautiful home in Florida.
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The Wife Who Came with Workboots by Teri P. Gay This book is a memoir, set against the backdrop of Teri P. Gay's life out in the country with her second husband, John Gay, a renowned engineer and land surveyor in New York State, whom she married after ending a previous marriage of twenty-five years. The book's chapters tell about growing up in Glens Falls, New York-Hometown, U.S.A.-in the 1960s and '70s; being a wife, mother, and professional woman in the '80s and '90s; getting divorced and remarrying; turning fifty; living out in the country; and embracing life and aging in the twenty-first century. Through tales of growing up poor, rising to a career as a corporate executive, suffering thr...
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