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  Lives of the Presidents

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  Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable is a halting account in presidential history - quite literally! From Washington to Jackson to Cleveland to McKinley, Jean S. Remy details the lives of the presidents in as few syllables as possible.

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  Bob Dylan: Icon for the Ages -...

  Geoffrey Giuliano

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  Bob Dylan, the poet laureate of now several generations is revealed in this stunning new audiobook from master storyteller author actor Geoffrey Giuliano. Here you will find the real Dylan behind the carefully crafted public image. As well, here is the man behind the music and the inspirational music behind the man.This is, without doubt, the perfect pop compendium for all dedicated fans, music historians, poetic philosophers and all inspired school and university systems. Ladies and gentleman at last — the real Bob Dylan!

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  Multilingual Short Story...

  Various Various

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  In LibriVox's first Multilingual Short Story Collection, LibriVox members read 15 short works of fiction in languages other than English. This collection includes contributions in Cantonese, Chinese, Danish, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish.

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  The Color of Love - A Story of a...

  Marra B. Gad

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  In this award-winning memoir, a mixed-race Jewish woman recounts her journey from adoption and prejudice to helping the family that once shunned her. 
   
  Marra B. Gad’s biological parents were a black man and a white Jewish woman. In 1970, at three days old, she was adopted by a white Jewish family in Chicago. For them, it was love at first sight—but the world was not ready for a family like theirs. In black spaces, Marra was considered “not black enough” and encountered antisemitism. In Jewish spaces, she was mistaken for the help, asked to leave, or worse. She even faced racism within her own family. 
   
  Marra’s family cut ties with relatives who refused to accept her—including her once beloved and glamorous Great-Aunt Nette. But after fifteen years of estrangement, Marra discovered that Nette had Alzheimer’s, and that she was the only one able to reunite Nette with her family. Instead of revenge, Marra chose love, and watched as the disease erased her aunt’s racism, making space for a relationship that was never possible before. 
   
  The Color of Love explores the idea of yerusha, which means “inheritance” in Yiddish. At turns heart-wrenching and heartwarming, this is a story about what you inherit from your family—identity, disease, melanin, hate, and most powerful of all, love. 
   
  Winner of the 2020 Midwest Book Award in Autobiography/Memoir

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  Life Begins in Leitrim - From...

  Niall Kelly, Zak Moradi

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  The road to Croke Park can be a long one. For Leitrim hurler Zak Moradi, it was an odyssey.
  Born at the height of the Gulf War, Zak spent his formative years living in a refugee camp in Ramadi, Iraq, under the oppressive regime of Saddam Hussein. Eventually, he and his family settled in Carrick-on- Shannon, County Leitrim, and this is where life began.
  Zak couldn't speak English when he first arrived, and he didn't know what sport the boys in his class were playing. It was hurling; he was handy at it, and he picked it up quickly. The GAA gave Zak his chance to put down roots, learn valuable life skills and find friendship.
  A story of adversity, community and hope, Life Begins in Leitrim is Zak's moving reflection, twenty years later, on the culture shock of landing in rural Ireland; the importance of embracing difference; the continued suffering of refugees around the world; the power of sport; and the realisation that, really, we're not all that different from each other.
  'Inspiring … testament to the power of sport and the kindness of people.' Pat Spillane
  'An unputdownable story of overcoming adversity.' Philly McMahon

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  Rolling Away the Stone - Mary...

  Stephen Gottschalk

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  “Gottschalk distinguishes himself by placing Christian Science in the larger context of American religion . . . sheds new light on Eddy’s life and work.” —Publishers Weekly 
   
  This richly detailed study highlights the last two decades of the life of Mary Baker Eddy, a prominent religious thinker whose character and achievement are just beginning to be understood. It is the first book-length discussion of Eddy to make full use of the resources of the Mary Baker Eddy Collection in Boston. Rolling Away the Stone focuses on her long-reaching legacy as a Christian thinker, specifically her challenge to the materialism that threatens religious belief and practice. 
   
  “Gottschalk has provided readers with a masterful account of Christian Science in its heyday. This book is a first-rate read for students of American religion and provides a look into how one of the country’s more complex religious figures dealt with materialism in the late-nineteenth-century America.” —Religious Studies Review 
   
  “Gottschalk does a superb job of providing historical context for the chaotic events of Eddy’s final decades.” —Choice 
   
  “Gottschalk’s account is well told and enriched by fresh material now available from the Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity.” —Christian Science Monitor 
   
  “The book includes a great deal of fresh research and honest scholarship . . . for the individual wanting to sink his or her teeth into a serious study of Eddy . . . you have a lot to look forward to in reading this book.” —The Christian Science Journal

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