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  Postcards from Santiago - The...

  Spencer Vignes

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  Long before Erling Haaland, Thierry Henry and Eric Cantona, there was George Robledo, the first overseas star of English football. Abandoned by his father as a child in Chile, Robledo came to the UK, where he was raised in a Yorkshire mining village, serving underground as a 'Bevin Boy' during the Second World War prior to making his name with Barnsley. During the 1951–52 season, his thirty-three goals for Newcastle United in what is now the Premier League were the most goals scored in a single season by an overseas registered, foreign-born player, a record that has stood unbroken for over seventy years – despite what the record books might say.
  Postcards from Santiago is the poignant, inspiring story of Robledo's remarkable journey from the moon-like wastes of the Atacama Desert to the cover of John Lennon's 1974 album Walls and Bridges, via Wembley glory and the 1950 World Cup in Brazil. Where, in England's first ever World Cup match, Robledo became the first Football League player from outside the British Isles to face England in an official international.
  Featuring interviews with family, friends and admirers, this fascinating biography is the definitive account of a man who overcame immense hardship and heartache to become a sporting trailblazer in his adopted homeland and a national hero in his native Chile.

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  Amy Lowell Anew - A Biography

  Carl Rollyson

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  The controversial American poet Amy Lowell (1874-1925), a founding member of the Imagist group that included D. H. Lawrence and H. D., excelled as the impresario for the “new poetry” that became news across the U. S. in the years after World War I.  Maligned by T. S. Eliot as the “demon saleswoman” of poetry, and ridiculed by Ezra Pound, Lowell has been treated by previous biographers as an obese, sex-starved, inferior poet who smoked cigars and made a spectacle of herself, canvassing the country on lecture tours that drew crowds in the hundreds for her electrifying performances.   In fact, Lowell wrote some of the finest love lyrics of the 20th century and led a full and loving life with her constant companion, the retired actress Ada Russell.  She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize posthumously in 1926. This provocative new biography, the first in forty years, restores Amy Lowell to her full humanity in an era that, at last, is beginning to appreciate the contributions of gays and lesbians to American’s cultu

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  Life Lessons Learned From a...

  Lonnee Rey

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  This book is funny, insightful and impactful. The upside of an upside-down upbringing, author Lonnee Rey empowers readers to move past the impact of a ‘lousy mom.’ Masterful storytelling takes you through rough rides quickly, and lands lightly, offering solutions you can use right away. 
  It isn't a 'heavy' book. In fact, it is a quick read that can you make sense of the insanity, finally. 
  Universal truths and witty one-liners will serve you for the rest of your life, for truly these are life lessons learned from turning lemons into lemonade. 
  The author is all-too-familiar with the guilt, pain, and loss of self-esteem suffered in the hands of a mother who did not want to be a mother most of the time. She gets it, shares it, shows you how to break free of it. 
  Lonnee is your guide, and this, your guide book to better times...no matter what your messed-up mother told you!

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  A Perplexing Case - From their...

  H D Everett

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  Henrietta Dorothy Huskisson was born in January 1851 in Gillingham, Kent. 
  Little reliable information on her life is available and almost nothing on her early life.   
  The first concrete information concerns her marriage at age 18 to the solicitor Isaac Edward Everett. 
  It was only at the age of 44 that she began her literary career under the pseudonym of Theo Douglas, a popular device in a society that still frowned upon women writing for income. 
  During her lifetime she was a popular author and wrote 22 books and those were published by 17 different publishers. 
  Although she wrote some historical novels her main output was centered on fantasy and supernatural themes. 
  Henrietta Dorothy Everett died in Weston-on-Trent in Derbyshire in September 1923.

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  Beyond the Mountains - An...

  Deja Vu Prem

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  The powerful story of how an immigrant from the Philippines overcame childhood trauma and an emotionally abusive marriage to find her voice and thrive 
   
   
   
  As a child in a small barrio in the Philippines, Deja Vu Prem faced neglect and physical abuse. At age seventeen, desperate to escape her situation and claim a better life for herself beyond the mountains of her town, she became a mail-order bride and moved to San Francisco. But the challenges of her childhood didn't go away—they merely evolved into the form of her emotionally abusive husband. 
   
   
   
  Cut off from her family and any kind of emotional or financial support, Prem was a prisoner in her own home, unable even to use the phone or check the mail. But she wasn't helpless. Relying on her deep faith and the fire within that had always pushed her to achieve, Prem made the brave decision to escape her situation to provide a better life for herself and her two young children. 
   
   
   
  Recounting Prem's harrowing yet hopeful journey, Beyond the Mountains is a stirring and moving portrait of one immigrant's refusal to be defined as a victim and a testament on finding the strength to forgive in order to reclaim the power that lives within us all.

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  Silent No More - A Journey from...

  Dr. Sara Christie

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  Sara Christie narrates her remarkable journey from a vibrant childhood in Hyderabad to overcoming a 49-year abusive marriage. Raised in a large family with limited means, Sara’s early life was rich with love, religious teachings, and a groundbreaking pursuit of education, encouraged by her father. The memoir shifts to Sara’s adult life, marred by an arranged marriage to Dr M Hasan Jamali MD. What began with hope quickly turned into a relentless struggle as her husband's neglect and intrusive in-laws subjected her to profound emotional and physical pain. Despite the torment, Sara persevered with her medical education and career in pediatrics. Central to her transformation is Jaz, a mentor who reveals a perspective on Islam that upholds mutual respect and dignity. Jaz’s support becomes a lifeline, helping Sara to reclaim her self-worth and confront her abusive reality. Through tales of isolation, persistent neglect, and her role as a mother and professional, Sara’s story is a testament to her strength and resilience. "Silent No More" is a powerful account of her quest for redemption and freedom after decades of suffering.

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