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  Gaslight Days: Book 1 - From...

  Edward Forde Hickey

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  A chance to delve into the minds of children and adults among the ruined streets of post-war London. The streets were our playground with not a car in sight, where we played all day. 
  On Sundays, bugle boy bands marched past us and in the evening the military band raised our spirits. 
  Life was never dull. Our parents took us to the zoo and for boat rides on the Serpentine.

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  Ambush at Central Park - When...

  Mark Bulik

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  In 1922, three of the Irish Republican Army's top gunmen arrived in New York City seeking ven­geance. Their target: "Cruxy" O'Connor, a young Irishman who kept switching sides as revolution swept his country in the wake of World War I. Cruxy's last betrayal dealt a blow to Ireland's struggle for independence: six of his IRA comrades were killed when he told police the location of their safe house. A year later, the IRA gunned him down before a crowd of horrified New Yorkers. 
   
   
   
  Based primarily on first-hand accounts, most of them never before published, Ambush at Central Park is a cinematic exploration of the enigma of "Cruxy" O'Connor. 
   
   
   
  Author Mark Bulik delved through Irish government archives, newspaper accounts, census data, and unpublished material from the families of the main actors. Together they add to the story of a rebel ambush, a deadly police raid, a dinner laced with poison, a daring prison break, a boatload of tommy guns, an unlikely pair of spies who fall in love, and an assassination plot against the British cabinet. 
   
   
   
  Here is a forgotten chapter of Irish and New York history: the story of the only officially authorized IRA attack on American soil. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Hoop Dance - The Game of LIfe: A...

  Ditto Tawil

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  Hoop Dance is a love story about basketball and how it changes lives and how it changed my life and my entire family’s life. It’s also a rulebook on how to play. How to play a game of basketball and how to play the game of life’.
   
  It’s a love story about the game and how it changes people‘s lives and how it helped me keep my family together and supportive and connected.
   
  This book is a 60-year love story about Brooklyn hoop dance, friendship, family, hardships overcome, a game that embraces you throughout life.
   
  Hoop Dance has rules in it on how to play basketball until you’re 80 years of age. These 10 Commandments of pick up basketball are designed to get rid of injuries if you follow the rules carefully.
   
  Ditto Tawil is an Educator, Hoops Coach, Life Coach, Community Sports Organizer. David has found a lifetime of HOOP DANCE to be a transformational spiritual gift.

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  From Crime Scenes to Cruise...

  Rhona Morrison

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  What if your biggest challenge became your greatest adventure? One day, Dr Rhona Morrison was a respected forensic psychiatrist planning for retirement. The next, on her birthday, she became a widow, stepping into an uncertain and unplanned future alone. But as Rhona soon discovered, an ending can also be a beginning - if you grasp the opportunities life presents. In this warm, witty, and inspiring memoir, Rhona shares how she navigated the twists and turns of her loss and subsequent reinvention, transforming her grief into opportunity. From launching an art business and writing her first book, I Don't Talk to Dead Bodies, to becoming a cruise ship lecturer and embarking on global adventures, she tackled each step with an open heart. Along the way, she discovered unexpected joys, new passions, and a renewed sense of purpose. From Crime Scenes to Cruise Ships is an uplifting story of resilience, reinvention and embracing the unknown. Whether you're facing loss, retirement, or a major life shift, Rhona's journey is a reminder that even when life feels uncertain, you still have the power to shape your future. It may not look like you once imagined, but it can still be rich with meaning, adventure and possibility. Your story isn't over; the next chapter is waiting. So, let's turn the page and step into what comes next - together.

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  Tap Dancing on Everest - A Young...

  MD Mimi Zieman

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  The plan was outrageous: A small expedition of four climbers would attempt a new route on the East Face of Mt. Everest, considered the most remote and dangerous side of the mountain, summitted only once before. They would climb without using supplemental oxygen, porter support, or chance for rescue. Mimi Zieman would accompany the climbers as the doctor—and only woman—although she was still in her third year of medical school. 
   
   
    
  Full of self-doubt, Zieman grappled with whether to go but couldn't resist the call of the wilderness and mountains. On Everest, when three climbers disappeared during their summit attempt, she reached the knife edge of her limits and dug deeply to fight for the climbers' lives and to find her voice. 
   
   
    
  Sparkling with suspense and vulnerability, Tap Dancing on Everest is a true survival story about the risks we take to become our most authentic selves. In this inspiring coming-of-age travel memoir that includes solo hiking through Nepal, Zieman weaves her childhood as the daughter of Jewish immigrants raised in 1970's New York City, her father a Holocaust survivor, with adventure, medicine, and empowerment. She captures the curiosity and awe of a young woman as she faces down messages to stay small and safe and ventures into the unknown.

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  Striving for Justice - A Black...

  Nathaniel Glover

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  On a sweltering day in August 1960, in the segregated Deep South city of Jacksonville, Florida, a seventeen-year-old Black boy finished his dishwashing job at Morrison’s Cafeteria, walked out the back door, and found himself in the middle of a nightmare. 
   
  Hundreds of white men with ax handles and baseball bats were attacking Black sit-in protestors in Hemming Park. Suddenly surrounded, the young man endured menacing blows and racist taunts. He called for help from a white police officer standing nearby, but no help came.  
  And he felt an unwarranted shame he determined never to feel again. 
   
  His name was Nat Glover. 
   
  Nat’s life could have ended that day, but instead, the ordeal reinforced his plans to become a police officer. His belief in a better world could have faded to cynicism, but instead, it took root in his spirit. His desire to overcome the poverty and racism of his youth could have given in  
  to shame, but instead, Nat resolved to dedicate his life to honoring the dignity of all people. 
   
  Nat Glover went on to serve in law enforcement for thirty-seven years, became the first Black sheriff in Jacksonville and the state of Florida since Reconstruction, and chose—again and again—to do the right thing at the right time for the sake of justice, compassion, and truth. 
   
  In Striving for Justice, Nat recounts his history-making years in police reformation,the values that fuel him as a leader and American citizen, and what he believes will move this country forward toward hope and healing just as he once rose again … against all odds. 
   
  Features an exclusive interview with Florida's first Black sheriff

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