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  A Soldier's Wife - My Mother the...

  Blair Underwood

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  Audiobook read by Grammy award-winning author, Blair Underwood 
  In this moving biography and memoir, Blair Underwood, acclaimed star of film, stage, and television, pays homage to his mother, sharing her well-lived life, and key lessons learned as a fashion designer, mother, and soldier’s wife. 
  Born in Buffalo, New York, Marilyn Ann Scales Underwood dreamed of becoming a fashion designer. Moving to New York City to study at theTraphagen School of Fashion, she became an assistant designer and eventually returned to her hometown where she began her career as the first Black female executive at Barmon Brothers Company. Independent and content with being single, she wasn’t interested in marriage until she met Lieutenant Frank Underwood. 
  Blair Underwood honors his mother with this remarkable work, bringing into sharp focus her life as a soldier's wife, mother, and successful entrepreneur, drawn from his memories, her letters, and interviews with family and friends. Told thematically, organized around essential pillars, Underwood gently peels back the layers of his mother’s life and character to reveal highly, triumphant, and sometimes-scary moments told in Marilyn’s warm and witty voice that connects with readers. Painting a wonderfully rich and deeply human portrait of a woman whose indelible mark is felt by all privileged to know her.

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  Not the Perfect Victim - A...

  Anna Kahill

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  He stole my voice. This is what it took to get it back. 
  First published in 2025. 
  In 2006, one night changed everything. 
  At nineteen, a violent trauma shattered Anna Kahill’s sense of safety and left her carrying the truth alone for more than a decade. Grief and motherhood shaped the years that followed, as the memories she had buried gradually resurfaced. A later diagnosis of autism and PTSD reframed what she had lived through — and why she had remained silent for so long. 
  Not the Perfect Victim is an unflinching account of survival and the fight for justice inside a system that many survivors, legal professionals, and advocacy groups describe as notoriously difficult to navigate in sexual violence cases. With clarity and courage, Anna exposes the impossible expectations placed on traumatised and neurodivergent women — and the silence demanded of anyone who doesn’t fit the “perfect victim” mould. 
  Told with restraint, yet unflinching in its honesty, this memoir speaks to anyone who has questioned their memory, their worth, or their right to be heard. 
  As featured in The Irish News, The Belfast Telegraph, Books Ireland, Women Writers, Writing.ie, Armagh I, and The Newry Democrat. 
  For readers of: 
  Know My Name — Chanel Miller 
  What My Bones Know — Stephanie Foo 
  The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk 
  A memoir that refuses silence — and shows what it really takes to reclaim your life.

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  The Plain Choice - A True Story...

  Sherry Gore, Jeff Hoagland

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  Raised in a broken family and emotionally overlooked, Sherry Gore grew up without a solid foundation, a prisoner of her own poor choices, and at times without hope.  A series of terrible mistakes left her feeling wrecked and alone and a sudden tragedy threw Sherry into an emotional tailspin too powerful to escape. 
  Sherry hangs by a thread, unable to see how she can go on living, until it happens: on a morning of no particular significance, she walks into a church and BAM the truth of Jesus’ forgiving love shatters her world and cleaves her life in two:  She goes to bed stunned; she wakes up a Christian. 
  Unwilling to return to the darkness of her former life, Sherry attacks her faith head on.  Soon the life Sherry Gore remakes for herself and her children as she seeks to follow the teachings of the Bible features head coverings, simple dress, and a focus on Jesus Christ.  Only then does she realize, in a fit of excitement, that there are others like her.  They are called Amish and Mennonite, and she realizes she has found her people. 
  The plain choice that Sherry makes is not easy – and life still brings unexpected pain and heartache - but it changes everything for her, as she becomes one of the few people on earth to have successfully joined the Amish from the outside.  
  She has found her place. And her story proves that one can return from the darkest depths to the purest light with the power of God.

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  Ambuja ki Kahaani - Kaise...

  Narotam Sekhsaria

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  WINNER OF THE 2022 TATA LITERATURE LIVE! BUSINESS BOOK AWARD 
  'I had never seen a cement plant in my life. I had no idea about limestone deposits or the cement industry in Gujarat. And I had never negotiated an industrial agreement. Yet, in the next few weeks, I would need to be ready for a substantive meeting with Gujarat government officials.' 
   
  'A brilliant case study of his leadership philosophy - a must-read for any entrepreneur and leader.' 
  - Puneet Dalmia, Managing Director, Dalmia Bharat Group 
  'A visionary who turned Gujarat Ambuja into a world-class conglomerate. A remarkable story that inspires aspirants to reach the stars.' 
  - Hemendra Kothari, Chairman, DSP Investment Managers Private Limited 
  'How the pursuit of excellence, commitment to virtue and the generation of wealth can be wonderfully interwoven.' 
  - Bimal Patel, Architect, President, CEPT University, Ahmedabad 
   
  The year was 1983. A cotton trader, still in his early thirties, began to dream big. His aspiration was to become an 'industrialist'. The venture he was about to embark on was uncharted territory for him. He knew nothing about cement, limestone or anything remotely associated with it. 
  In the era of Licence Raj, where everything from production to consumption was controlled by the government, Narotam Sekhsaria saw the huge potential in cement and its role in a growing nation. Trusting his instinct, he started Ambuja Cement and went on to create one of the most successful cement companies in the world. 
  Told by the man himself, The Ambuja Story is a tale of grit, determination, honesty and integrity. For a cement company, it's a unique case study that broke many stereotypes, such as cement production can't be an environmental friendly activity, good cement can't be cheaper and it's difficult to market a product as boring as cement. 
  Narotam Sekhsaria's vision for Ambuja wasn't just limited to financial success; he undertook community development around all Ambuja plants to a whole new level. Ambuja's work in women empowerment, skill development, health and education created new benchmarks for the industry long before corporate social responsibility became mandatory in India. 
  Ambuja ki kahani  provides a new perspective on business and life, inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs to scale greater heights.

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  Homeless to Billionaire - The 18...

  Andres Pira, Dr. Joe Vitale -...

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  Create Business Legacy Adventure 
  In Homeless to Billionaire, Andres Pira presents eighteen principles for attracting wealth, creating opportunity, and celebrating self-discovery. Inspired by his own massive life changes, Pira details his business journey from telemarketer to one of Thailand’s best-known billionaires. Using his mentors like Bryan Tracy, Jack Canfield, and Bob Proctor, Pira puts proven knowledge into action, innovating along the way, using his own employees and clients; through failure and success, the 18 Principles are forged. Uncanny wisdom, from this millennial adventurer turned businessman, is blended with proven research and case studies into powerful lessons. 
  “Do whatever it is you want to do in life. Be whomever you want to be. Go wherever you want to go. Have whatever it is you want to have right now,” urges Pira. 
  It’s part autobiography, part success workbook, and 100 percent life lessons. From making employees jump out of airplanes, to summiting mountain tops, Pira details how to move from fear to inspiration, competitiveness to domination, and student to mentor in business. His call to action is for readers to live their legacy every day.

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  Henry II

  Griff Hosker

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  With the Civil War seeming to be never ending, the Warlord and Duke Henry decide on a bold strategy which pits the men of the north against the might of Stephen and his forces. At the same time, a conspiracy of kings and counts attempt to wrest the young duke's lands from him. Betrayed by his own family, Henry becomes the king who in later life will conquer Wales and Ireland. We see the cub grow into a lion and hear him roar.

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