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A Fighter All My Life: From Alabama to Los Angeles to Detroit

The Life and Words of Sam Johnson
by Sam Johnson

Baltimore, MD- Abecedarian Books, Inc. is pleased to announce the publication of A Fighter All My Life, a memoir, by Sam Johnson, a union organizer and professed militant. Compiled from tapes made ove...       more...

ISBN 9780982298596
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A Mind of Their Own

A Lawyers Life: Six Decades in Celebration of Some of America's Most Remarkable Entrepreneurs, Artists and Adventurers
by Tony Curto

An attorney reflects on a life working with immensely talented clients, the result of his magnetic attraction to inventive
artists, in this memoir.
Curto was “born into the Golden Age of law...       more...

ISBN 9798987244470
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A New Beginning

Life on the Frontlines
by Anna Eckhoff
Illustrations by Klarh Grafisk

The Longing for an Adventurous Life

Mother of six replaced life in the suburbs with dangerous life in the world's hotspots

At the age of fifty-six, Anna Eckhoff replaced her secu...       more...

ISBN 9788792769367
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A Sister's Call - DVD

One Women's 20-year search for her missing brother becomes an epic fight to save her family and herself.
by Rebecca Schaper and Kyle Tekiela

This award-winning documentary tells the impassioned story of one woman's search for her missing brother, followed by her struggles with providing care for him. It becomes an epic fight to save her fa...       more...

ISBN 700261464176
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A Walk Among Heroes

Searching for America's Better Angels
by Gary B. Zelinski

Arlington National Cemetery lies on a quiet bluff overlooking our nation's capital. It is the resting place of hundreds of thousands of Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen,...       more...

ISBN 9781963954104
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Beyond Widow

Inspiration from the Trenches
by Patty McGuigan and Tesha McCord Poe
Illustrations by Priska Wenger Mage

WINNER: Bronze Award 2023 PubWest's Book Design

Two women from different backgrounds became close after they each lost their husband. Together, they found solace and strength in sharing sto...       more...

ISBN 9798218145132
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Blank Pages Read Out Loud

Thresholds to the Unseen
by Carmen Rita Tolivar

Carmen Tolivar?s book is a memoir of stories set in her native Puerto Rico and Los Angeles. The pieces are not only about her own life, but also about the generations before hers, with a touch of hist...       more...

ISBN 9780998344317
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Buckle Down

How I Invented South Korea's First Automobile Engine
by Dr. Hyun-Soon Lee Translated by Hannah Pang

Buckle Down recounts the full history of how Dr Hyun-Soon Lee, a young and inexperienced South Korean engineer, left an enviable job at General Motors in the United States and moved to Hyundai Motors ...       more...

ISBN 9789811449512
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Carnegie Heritage

by Charles Kinder Bradbury and Henry Steuart Fothringham

This beautifully illustrated work explores the rich heritage associated with the surname Carnegie. After briefly visiting the Earls of Southesk, the Dukes of Fife, and other distant relations, the boo...       more...

ISBN 9780992662448
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Centred in Truth 2 vol. set

The Story of Swami Nitya-Swarup-Ananda
by Shelley Brown

This is the first major work about Swami Nitya-swarup-ananda (1899-1992)-the visionary monk of the Ramakrishna Order who created the UNESCO-acclaimed Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture in Calcut...       more...

ISBN 9780970636805
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Chosen For Reasons Unknown

A Survivor's Journey
by Mark Ebner

Moniek Ebner and his family were among the tens of thousands of Jews captured and sent to live in the ghetto of Bochnia after the Nazis invaded Poland. When he was thirteen, Nazi soldiers took him and...       more...

ISBN 9780982137406
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Determined to Live

How I survived being shot, paralyzed, and abandoned by my husband
by Richard Ballo

Determined to Live is about Janice Riddle and her recovery from a paralyzing gunshot wound at the hands of her husband. It is also about her accepting her new life in a wheelchair and trying to raise ...       more...

ISBN 9781945518089
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Diapora's Children

by Stan Rushworth

In his latest work, author, teacher and Vietnam-era veteran Stan Rushworth has written a memoir that is a collection of stories, reflections and prayers, and a “survival manual, a way to remember that...       more...

ISBN 9780998344331
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Diary of a Malcontent

My Experience as a Civilian Employee at The New York City Department of Correction
by Steve Newman

In light of multiple cases of sexual harassment coming to public attention, may I relate how my career as a permanent tenured civil servant as a computer programmer in the New York City Department of ...       more...

ISBN 9781614685821
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Echoes from the Hilltop

Margaret Henry--Heroine of the Southern Mountaineers
by Paula Cox Bowers

Echoes from the Hilltop is the story of Margaret Eliza Henry, the first scholarship secretary at Maryville College in Tennessee. For thirteen years, she traveled throughout the Northeast raising money...       more...

ISBN 9781732202207
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Get Me Out of Here

A Memoir
by Jeremy Steig

Jeremy Steig, the acclaimed jazz flutist, was just a teen when his life's path suddenly became clear to him. He soon jumped headlong into the jazz scene of Greenwich Village in the 1960s, where drugs ...       more...

ISBN 9784991127915
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Greater Inheritance, The

The true story of one Amish family's journey to the Truth
by Mary Schrock

Mary Schrock had grown up a devout insider in the cloistered world of the old Amish order. Strictly abiding by rules and regulations of the Amish Church, it would not be until light of God?s truth pie...       more...

ISBN 9781935298243
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I Am, Therefore, We Are - Limited Edition

by Kris Lyseggen and Herb Schreier

"In their own voice, often in what is their second, third, or fourth language, through their transfeminist movement started by some very brave transgender women in the rural areas and townships, these...       more...

ISBN 9780985624446
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I'm Not Done Yet

And You Shouldn't Be Either
by Dr. Cynthia Barnett

No Matter Where You Are in Life,
There's Always More to See, to
Do, and to Be. Don't Settle for
Retirement. Embrace Refirement!

In I'm Not Done Yet, Dr. Cynthia Barnett s...       more...

ISBN 9781980241507
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In The Eye of the Storm

My Time as Chairman of Bank of America During the Country's Worst Financial Crisis
by Walter E. Massey

Chosen chairman of Bank of America in 2009, Walter Massey is the first banking insider to reveal the inner workings behind the country’s colossal financial crisis in 2008.
But his intimate memoi...       more...

ISBN 9780931761997
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Into The Nothing

A Spiritual Autobiography
by Gabriel Cousens, M.D.

Join us as Gabriel Cousens MD, shares his wild adventurous mystical life that led to his liberation.

The book takes us through the unique process of classical spiritual awakening and libera...       more...

ISBN 9780997046724
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John L. Loeb Jr. Reflections, Memories and Confessions with DVD

by John L. Loeb Jr.

About John L. Loeb, Jr's Reflections, Memories, and Confessions
By his own admission, John L. Loeb Jr. was born with two silver spoons in my mouth. Descended from the founders of two major Wall S...       more...

ISBN 9780976204312
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Journey to Freedom

A Genealogical Study of an African American Family and the Political and Social Issues That Impacted Their Lives, 1778-2013
by Lonnie R. Bunkley

In Journey to Freedom--which traces eight generations of the Bunkley family, from Hertford County, North Carolina, through the Deep South and Texas, and to Southern, California--you'll see an African ...       more...

ISBN 9780989765039
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Lessons Learned After Harvard Business School

Wisdom Shared by the Class of 1970
by Jeffrey D. Chokel

This book explores what happens to HBS graduates when they join the real world of business. The book is based on 132 interviews of graduates from the Class of 1970. Various chapters of the 264-page pa...       more...

ISBN 9780998019406
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Letters I'll Never Send

An Anthology
by Jackie Bluu

Letter's I'll Never Send is a compilation of first-person narratives, including letters, personal essays, poems, diary entries, postcards, and other genre-bending literary works, written by women or t...       more...

ISBN 9798218239602
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Living Large

Wilna Hervey and Nan Mason
by Joseph P. Eckhardt

Winner of 2016 Benjamin Franklin Award (IBPA), LGBT
Silver winner (LGBT), bronze (Biography), and finalist (Art), Foreword Reviews INDIEFAB 2015 book of the year awards
Living Large: Wilna H...       more...

ISBN 9780967926889
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Man Who Invented Las Vegas, The

by W. R. Wilkerson III

In 1946, two men battled for power in Las Vegas. Bugsy Siegel stole Billy Wilkerson's dream of a luxury hotel in the desert, and died in a hail of bullets. Although Billy lived on for many years, he n...       more...

ISBN 9780967664309
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Martin Sheridan: Mayo's Famous Son 1881-1918

A Forensic Account of an Irish NYPD officer's sporting success
by Margaret Molloy

The book chronicles Martin Sheridan’s life from his birth to his death in 1918 from the Spanish Flu pandemic. An athlete, a famous Olympian, a New York policeman, a staunch nationalist and an advocate...       more...

ISBN 9781782808084
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Me And My Father's Shadow

A Daughter's Quest and Biography of Ted Lewis "The Jazz King"
by Dawn Williams

Me and My Father's Shadow is both biography and autobiography woven together. It tells the story of Ted Lewis, "The Jazz King," originator of The Big Bands, and considered by many of his contemporarie...       more...

ISBN 9780977078318
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Memoirs A Rusty Old Halo

by Joe Garner Turman

"A Rusty Old Halo", is a memoir about an action-packed life lived in the times of World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars. In reading this memoir, you will, not only be entertained, but be refreshed...       more...

ISBN 9781946598134
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No More Neckties

A Memoir Essays
by Loren A. Olson, MD

Fitting in is not belonging



Growing up, Loren Olson was always a good boy. Now he’s sick of it.

Olson always did what was expected. To fit in, he partitioned off ...       more...

ISBN 9781737995623
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Serenade: A Memoir of Music and Love from Vienna and Prague to Los Angeles

1927 to World War II to 2012
by Carol Jean Delmar

Serenade is an achingly beautiful memoir which follows the true lives of Franz Jung and Franziska Perger, as told by their daughter, Carol Jean Delmar.

The year is 1927. The place is V...       more...

ISBN 9780986035906
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Shoot the Moon

The True Story of a Look Behind the Curtain of Medical School and Residency...and Surviving the Worst in Life
by Carl P. Giordano, MD

Great surgeons can save lives?even their own ?
sometimes in the most unexpected ways.

Many people think they have seen enough doctors and hospital shows on TV to understand the
l...       more...

ISBN 9780998017402
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Starry Wisdom: A Tribute to H. P. Lovecraft

by D. M. Mitchell

Includes a host of brand new, previously unpublished prose and graphic works, plus select reprints which are now shown in a brand new light, forming a fascinating document which will appeal not only t...       more...

ISBN 9781871592320
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Still On Fire

A Memoir
by Renee Linnell

Magic, miracles, travel, and romance--this is where Renee leads you in her long-awaited sequel to The Burn Zone. From love affairs with men half her age to being rescued by angels to getting st...       more...

ISBN 9798986164731
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Strengthening Your Identity

While the Shadow Is in Front of You
by Mwati Mwila

We all know life has its ups and downs, but when Mwati Mwila was diagnosed with bipolar disorder while a college student, she thought her life would mostly be down from that point on. Not understandin...       more...

ISBN 9781944335380
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Struggle for Survival, The

an historical, political, and socioeconomic perspective of St. Lucia
by Dr. Anderson Reynolds

Dr. Anderson Reynolds long awaited book, The Struggle For Survival: an historical, political, and socioeconomic perspective of St. Lucia, eloquently retells the story of the tragic 1993 banana strike ...       more...

ISBN 9780970443229
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The Answer Is Love

A Simple Conversation About Discovering Your True Self
by Luis Rojas

Whatever troubles are afflicting you or our society, Luis Rojas has found the answer to them: Love.

Join Luis Rojas on an extraordinary journey in the The Answer Is Love. Luis will take you...       more...

ISBN 9781636181110
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The Biography of Empress Menen Asfaw

The Mother of the Ethiopian Nation
by Anjahi Parnell

Over the years little has been written about the remarkable life of Empress Menen Asfaw (April 3, 1891-February 15, 1962), who was the wife of the last reigning Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Sellassie I....       more...

ISBN 9780985270308
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The Light in His Soul

Lessons from My Brother's Schizophrenia
by Rebecca Schaper with Gerald Everett Jones

5 CD Set

Call Richmond went missing. Twenty years later he showed up on a family member's doorstep. He was homeless, broken, and suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. For the next fourteen...       more...

ISBN 9780999277157
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The Naked Truth

An Irreverent Chronicle of Delirious Escapades
by Jean-Pierre Dorleac

Fascinating, highly candid and often uproarious, costume designer Jean-Pierre Dorléac?s detailed Hollywood accounts strip back the façade from the years between 1973 and 1985, when classic glamour bec...       more...

ISBN 9780974551111
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The Ordinary Life of A 20th Century Renaissance Man

by Dr. Adrian H. Krieg CMFGE

Dr. Krieg?s 16th book is ?The Ordinary Life of a 20th Century Renaissance Man? it is his autobiography. It has been in the works since fall of last year. While it is an autobiography it contains the h...       more...

ISBN 9781937553043
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The Rev. Samuel Harrison

Abolitionist, Activist, and Chaplain of the Massachusette 54th, The First Black Regiment Raised in The North in the Civil War
by Ann-Elizabeth Barnes

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ISBN 9780998313900
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The System

by Dr. Adrian H. Krieg CMFGE

Dr. Krieg?s 16th book, with over 60,000 of his published works sold to date, includes 26 chapters on issues relating to the perilous situation America finds itself in today. The book explains as no ot...       more...

ISBN 9781937550607
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The Wicked Pilgrim

The true story of the Englishman who gave Mayflower II to Amercia
by Randal Charlton

The true story of Warwick Charlton, his storm tossed life in war and peacetime,how and why he built Mayflower II,sailed it to America and gave it to the American people. It is a story that involves la...       more...

ISBN 9781733620413
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The Willow Tree and Me

A Memoir
by Vivian Elaine Johnson

When Vivian Elaine Johnson was a young girl growing up in Minnesota, she never imagined she would face so many of life's storms. Yet through her challenges—including intimate dealings with a sociopath...       more...

ISBN 9780998768922
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Tornados, Rattlesnakes & Oil

A Wildcatter's Memories of Hunting for "Black Gold"
by Thomas E. Cochrane

Meet a wildcatter whose back-in-the-day journey from the hills of New York, to the ice fields of Alaska, to the plains of the Midwest brings the reader along on this complex quest to SEE underground. ...       more...

ISBN 9780998510613
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Under The North Light

The Life and Work of Maud and Miska Petersham
by Lawrence Webster

Under the North Light: The Life and Work of Maud and Miska Petersham is authored by Lawrence Webster. This biography is the first published book about the Petershams. Philip and Erin Stead, winners of...       more...

ISBN 9780967926865
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Up From Slavery: An Autobiography

7 CD Set Audio Book
by Booker T. Washington, read by Andrew L. Barnes

For half a century from its publication in 1901 Up from Slavery was the best known book written by an African American. The life of ex-slave Booker T. Washington embodied the legendary rise of America...       more...

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