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  Bend The (Cruise Night)

  Frank Tedrow

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  If you’re curious about where all fun used to happen before the world was shrouded in the shadow of cell phones, play station, and internet, well, you’ve come to the right place! 
  The Bend (Cruise Night) is the embodiment of the "American" way of having fun in the 70s and 80s. Racing up and down the Sacramento Strip, showing off hot cars and racing tricks, all with a little bit of histrionics was the way of living. 
  This is how Frank and his buddies used to spend their time partying and racing it up. It was not only enjoyment they sought but also the sense of belonging together in a community they craved 
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  Individuals from different backgrounds coming together to build a tradition of their own is what this book is all about. Join us in this journey of Frank along with his group of riotous friends and have a glimpse of their life while cruising at the Downtown Strip.

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  Captain of Her Soul - The Life...

  Lara Gabrielle

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  The comprehensive critical biography of silent-screen star Marion Davies, who fittingly referred to herself as "the captain of my soul." 
   
   
    
  From Marion Davies's humble days in Brooklyn to her rise to fame alongside press baron William Randolph Hearst, the public life story of the film star plays like a modern fairy tale shaped by gossip columnists, fan magazines, biopics, and documentaries. Yet the real Marion Davies remained largely hidden from view, as she trusted few with her true life story. In Captain of Her Soul, Lara Gabrielle pulls back layers of myth to show a complex and fiercely independent woman, ahead of her time, who carved her own path. 
   
   
   
  Through meticulous research, unprecedented access to archives around the world, and interviews with those who knew Davies, Captain of Her Soul counters the public story. This book reveals a woman who navigated disability and social stigma to rise to the top of a young Hollywood dominated by powerful men. Davies took charge of her own career, negotiating with studio heads and establishing herself as a top-tier comedienne, but her proudest achievement was her philanthropy and advocacy for children. This biography brings Davies out of the shadows cast by the Hearst legacy, shedding light on a dynamic woman who lived life on her own terms and declared that she was "the captain of her soul."

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  Rust Belt Chicago - An Anthology

  Martha Bayne

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  “A lively grab bag of essays, fiction and poetry that reads at times like a who’s who of contemporary Chicago writers/residents”(Chicago Tribune). Chicago is a city built on meat, railroads, and steel, on opportunity and exploitation. But its identity has long involved so much more than manufacturing. Today, the city continues to lure new residents from around the world, and from across a region rocked by recession and deindustrialization.Rust Belt Chicago collects essays, fiction, and poetry from more than fifty writers who speak directly to the concerns the city shares with the Midwest at large, and the elements that set it apart. With contributions from writers like Aleksandar Hemon, Kathleen Rooney, and Zoe Zolbrod, here you’ll find stories about:  Buying Bread on Devon Street  The Cantinas of Pilsen  Bike commutes through the North Side  Adventures on the El.  Writing with affection, frustration, anger, and joy, the writers in this collection capture all the harmony and dissonance that define one cacophonous place.

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  Not My Problem - Life With...

  Caitlyn Ursillo

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  Not My Problem: Life with Chronic Illness, Being Dismissed, and How to Take Back Your Strength is a raw, unfiltered look at what it means to live with a chronic illness in a world that often refuses to understand. Caitlyn Ursillo shares her deeply personal journey with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), a condition that turned her world upside down overnight. Through heartbreakingly honest storytelling, she exposes the gaslighting, medical dismissal, and societal misconceptions that countless people with chronic illnesses endure every day. 
  From a seemingly routine virus that spiraled into a life-altering diagnosis, to the moments of frustration, grief, and resilience that followed, Caitlyn’s story is one of both struggle and triumph. She challenges the damaging narratives that paint chronic illness as a “choice” or “laziness” and highlights the invisible battles fought behind closed doors—whether it’s pushing through symptoms to care for her son, advocating for herself in doctor’s offices, or simply trying to be understood. 
  This book is more than just a memoir; it’s a battle cry for those who have been dismissed, a guide for navigating the maze of medical bureaucracy, and a beacon of solidarity for anyone feeling lost in their health journey. With warmth, humor, and unflinching honesty, Caitlyn reminds readers that their pain is real, their fight is valid, and their strength is immeasurable. 
  For anyone who has ever been told “it’s all in your head,” this book is proof that it’s not—and that you are not alone.

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  Christina Rossetti Poems

  Christina Rossetti

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  This Audiobook of Christina Rossetti's poems has the following poems rendered by Ramani. 
  A Daughter of Eve 
  After Communion 
  An End 
  A Better Resurrection 
  A Birthday 
  De Profundis 
  Dream Land 
  Goblin Market 
  Monna Innominata: A Sonnet of Sonnets 
  Passing away, Saith the World 
  Remember 
  Song 
  The Prince's Progress 
  The Three Enemies 
  Up-hill 
  When I am dead, my dearest

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  Your Eyes Will Be My Window -...

  Jodi Varon

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  Your Eyes Will Be My Window reclaims the two erasures of Esta Plat. Murdered in Ukraine by Nazi troops in 1942, evidence of the life of Esta Plat was preserved in a bundle of her letters until the letters were tossed into a dumpster and destroyed. Haunted by the inheritance of survivor's guilt and shame in a family that kept no Old World keepsakes except her grandmother's one-sentence memory of Esta Plat, Jodi Varonis compelled to sift through records of Europe's genocidal past. 
   
   
   
  Pitting grandiose Holocaust memorials against the act of bearing witness, Varon confronts the limitations of history, folklore, archival data, and survivor testimonies. Seeking solace in ritual, she challenges her upbringing as an outlier Jew in the Rocky Mountain West to provide a window to the meaning of cultural displacement in immigrant communities. When an ethnic German woman's corpse was discarded across from Varon's rented flat in Baden-Württemberg, the homemade memorial for Nadine E. prompts a meditation on violence against women and girls as a weapon of suppression and war. The record of unfiltered emotions among Kindertransport survivors in Europe, journalists in Ludwigsburg, and archivists and guides in Jerusalem, Your Eyes Will Be My Window is a defiant exercise in honoring the lost.

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