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  Bleeding Truth - A memoir

  Anonymous

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  Bleeding Truth is a powerful and deeply personal memoir that bears witness to the collision of history, justice, and the human spirit. Written by Dr. Shahram Azam, a physician and former military doctor, this book is not only a testimony of lived experience but also a search for truth in the face of silence and denial. 
  The story unfolds against the backdrop of Iran’s turbulent political climate, where repression, censorship, and fear shaped the lives of countless citizens. At its heart lies the harrowing case of Zahra Kazemi, an Iranian-Canadian journalist who was arrested, tortured, and killed in Tehran in 2003. Dr. Azam, then a physician at Baghiyyatollah Hospital, became one of the first witnesses to the physical evidence of her brutal injuries. His professional duty—and his conscience—compelled him to record what he saw, a choice that would forever alter his own life. 
  Bleeding Truth weaves together the personal and the political: memories of war and service as a doctor on the front lines, the responsibility of treating the wounded with compassion, and the haunting reality of becoming a reluctant witness to state violence. It is a narrative of exile and resilience, as Dr. Azam recounts the cost of speaking out and the journey that took him from the operating room in Tehran to a life in Canada, where he continues to carry the weight of memory and moral obligation. 
  The memoir does more than revisit a single tragedy. It speaks to broader questions of truth, accountability, and the human need to confront injustice, even when doing so carries profound risks. It is both a personal confession and a universal call to remember, to resist forgetting, and to honor the lives silenced by oppression.

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  Cannon Hall Farm - Past Present...

  The Nicholson Family

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  As seen on Channel 5’s hit shows, Springtime on the Farm, This Week on the Farm and Cannon Hall: A Yorkshire Farm 
   
   
  Packed with fresh anecdotes and astonishing new detail, this emotional journey to the foothills of the Pennines brings the Cannon Hall Farm story bang up to date. 
   
  In their own words, the very personal story of the ups and downs of the Nicholson family at Cannon Hall farm spanning almost 70 years. 
   
   
  From the death of Roger’s beloved dad Charlie to the daily struggle for survival amid farming’s rapidly changing landscape, the Nicholsons have weathered storm after storm. 
   
   
  They came perilously close to losing it all as a lifetime of farming tradition seemed to slip through their fingers. 
  But in a daring last roll of the dice, they bet the farm – and won – creating against all odds one of Britain’s best-loved tourist attractions. 
   
   
  Here, Roger and wife Cynthia, along with their sons Richard, Robert and David, take turns reflecting on some of the dizzy highs and crushing lows that have made them who they are today: champion livestock breeders, TV stars and – above all – devoted farmers.

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  Reaching for Sunrise: A Widow's...

  Lokita Carter

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  In the quiet corners of Marin County, California, a serene life is violently upheaved, leading one woman's battle against cancer to intertwine with a shocking crime that will test her spirit and redefine her path. 
  Lokita's life takes a devastating turn when her husband, renowned Tantra instructor Steve Carter, is brutally murdered by three drifters during a peaceful evening walk with their dog Coco in Marin County, California. Already fiercely battling life-threatening breast cancer, her journey becomes a relentless quest for justice and survival. 
  In Reaching for Sunrise, Lokita shares with grace and humor her transformation from profound trauma to unwavering strength, offering a story of hope and courage that will inspire those touched by loss, illness, violence, or who seek to be uplifted by the power of the human spirit. 
  From the brink of death to the quest for justice join Lokita's journey through love, loss, and rebirth. Get your copy today and discover how courage can shine through the darkest moments. 
  "This story is one of resilience — a how-to for not just withstanding the worst but emerging from the flames of hell with the ability to still hold love in your heart." — Vivian Ho, Journalist, Author of Those Who Wander: America's Lost Street Kids

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  Kindergarten at 60 - A Memoir of...

  Dian Seidel

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  Teaching kindergarten in Thailand wasn’t the job Dian Seidel had in mind when, at age sixty and craving adventure, she convinced her husband that they should try working abroad. But coping with rambunctious children, sweltering heat, and Covid-19 turned out to be the challenge she needed. Struggling to understand Thai culture, their school, and their marriage, could she learn Thailand’s essential lesson: mai pen rai, don’t worry, keep cool? 
  Part travel memoir and part second act story, the multiple award-winning Kindergarten at 60 is a retirement tale like none other. With gentle humor and polished prose, Seidel explores universal themes via the adventures of everyday life. Job-hunting retirees confront age restrictions. A couple navigates 24/7 togetherness for the first time in their lives. Professionals accustomed to working with adults are overwhelmed, and charmed, by a passel of two-, three-, and four-year-olds. An introvert struggles to forge cross-cultural and cross-generational friendships. Americans face the challenges of the five-tone Thai language and five-alarm Thai chilies. 
  Seidel’s heartwarming story offers a unique perspective on contemporary Thailand and introduces readers to an unforgettable cast of characters at Pathum Thani Prep. Join the journey, meet the kids, and experience Kindergarten at 60.

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  Another Load of Bull

  David Read

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  An historical audiobook 'Another load of Bull' by David Read,  read from Jason Savidge.  The war was over and David, returning to East Africa, asked himself, as did many of his contemporaries, "what next"? It was not an easy world in which to readjust. He opted to become a Livvestock Marketing Officer in Dodoma, with the Tanganyika Veterinary Department. Money was short, and Pat, who had also been demobbed and had joined him in Dodoma, nursed to help augment their income.    Finally, the break David had been hoping for materialized and he embarked on a new chapter in his life as a wheat farmer on the Western slopes of Kilimanjaro. With no formal training, David survived largely on his local knowledge and language skills, supplemented by his cattle buying. Life on 'Mountainside' suited David, despite the constant battle against Africa's unforgiving environment, but the winds of change were to bring a greater challenge and one that would ultimately end David's dreams.

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  The Hidden Legacy of World War II

  Carol Schultz Vento

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  Carol Schultz Vento recounts the post-World War II years of her famous father "Dutch" Schultz. 
  "Carol Schultz Vento's testimonial and others like it do not diminish the wartime generation's accomplishments but suggest that the price they paid was far higher, the toll extracted from them and their families far greater, and their struggles far more protracted than the glossy tributes to the 'Greatest Generation' would have us believe. It in is the end a cautionary tale, reminding us that if as a last resort we send soldiers into harm's way, we should be under no illusions about war's colossal human costs, remembering that even in the most brilliant triumphs there is heartbreak and that the suffering does not stop when the shooting does." --- Thomas Childers 
  Daughters, fathers and war - three words seldom used together. 
  In "The Hidden Legacy of World War II: A Daughter's Journey", Carol Schultz Vento weaves life with her paratrooper father into the larger narrative of World War II and the homecoming of the Greatest Generation. The book describes the seldom told story of how the war trauma of World War II impacted one family. This personal story is combined with the author's thorough research and investigation of the reality for those World War II veterans who could not forget the horrors of war. This nonfiction work fills in the missing pieces of the commonly accepted societal view of World War II veterans as stoic and unwavering, a true but incomplete portrait of that generation of warrior. About the author: Carol Schultz Vento is a former Political Science professor and attorney. She is a graduate of Temple University and Rutgers University School of Law. She is the daughter of 82nd Airborne World War II veteran Arthur "Dutch" Schultz. Carol is a native of Philadelphia and lives in Palmyra, New Jersey.

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