A Touch of Life: Real life story of the author during the darkest times of WWII in the Philippines (2nd Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

De La Rosa, Frank A

Community & Culture

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Beyond Forgetting

Frank A De La Ro Sa

Having lived during and after the Second World War, Frank experienced the terrors of the war and the devastations that shortly followed. It was a challenging period to the world, more so to the eye of a four-year-old child. In this book, discover how the biggest war of history affected the life of an innocent child and how the challenges made him see and appreciate the simplest things in life. This book contains the unrecorded history of WWII as it happened to the typical families of a small town on a remote island in the Philippines. From surviving the war, overcoming the poverty of the time, and completing his education with flying colors, join Frank in his unusual yet exciting journey during and after WWII. Through his experience, see how positivity, camaraderie, and resourcefulness can transform even the most challenging situations into victory and success!

Frank's Magical Farm

Frank A De La Rosa

The Colonial Countess

Literature & Fiction

Bell, Robin

Genre Fiction

This book is a memoir written by an African American woman who grew up in the rural south during the late 1930s and 1940s. Being poor and having to confront three types of prejudices-racial, colorism, which is light versus dark complexions within the Negro race, and poverty-affected her self-esteem and feelings of self-worth. She was of a darker color than most of her relatives and had nappy hair whereas theirs was straight or loose curls. She dreamed of being a different person and in at least one instance, she tried to change her personal appearance in a non-sensible manner that could have been dangerous. Were also family problems while she was growing up that added to her misery. She felt that she did not belong and was not comfortable in any group in society; that there was nothing of value in her to contribute to her life or to anyone else's. However, she worked hard in school hoping to make her family proud. Consequently, she was elected editor of the high school weekly newspaper and editor of the senior class yearbook. She finished high school and college with good grades and married a U.S. Air Force Officer on the evening of their commencement day. In her early twenties, just as her self esteem was improving, an uncontrollable illness made her feel that she was living between heaven and hell. This sometimes puts a strain on her marriage. However, she and her husband loved each other dearly and were blessed with two lovely daughters. She never lost her interest in writing. In the mid-sixties, she took the Famous Writers' Course and received good critiques. Although she selected Sociology for her Master's Degree, she continued to enhance her writing skills by trying to write impressively when doing business letters, grant applications, reports, and other documents. Several professional, academic positions gave her many opportunities to write and helped her reach goals that, as a child, she never dreamed she would be selected for or could accomplish.

Seeking Personal Validation

McCloud, Anece F

Parenting & Relationships

8 Minutes a Day to Make an A!: Quick Change Your ADHD Child Now!

Johnson, Pamela L

Self-Help

Michael Shinagel's inspiring memoir, Holocaust Survivor to Harvard Dean, traces the highlights of his remarkable career from childhood in Vienna, Austria, to his family's terrifying exodus from Hitler's Europe (19381941), refugee life and public school education in New York City (19411951), a false start in agriculture at Cornell University (19511952), service with the US Army in Korea (19521954), college on the G. I. Bill at Oberlin (19541957), doctoral studies on a national fellowship and academic administration at Harvard University (19571964), and a fifty-year academic career of teaching and administration at Cornell University (19641967), Union College (19671975), and Harvard University (19752013).At his retirement in 2013, he was acclaimed as the longest-serving dean in Harvard history and as one of the transformative leaders of the university. The memoir shows how Shinagel's entrepreneurial management style enabled him to innovate with new initiatives and new academic programs for the benefit of both the internal Harvard community and the external community of adult learners in Greater Boston. With the advent of distance education, the reach of the Harvard Extension School became global.He spends his retirement years as a distinguished lecturer in Extension at Harvard, teaching graduate seminars on satire and the English and American novel, directing Extension masters theses in literature, and participating in professional development workshops on leadership and decision-making in the Division of Continuing Education. He continues to serve as a lecturer and study group leader on Harvard Alumni Travel Tours around the world.

Holocaust Survivor to Harvard Dean: Memoirs of a refugee's progress

Shinagel, Michael

Memoirs

After the Japanese bombed Hawaii, a group of men from North Alabama joined the coast guard as counter guerilla warfare troops designated to defend against Nazi-Italia saboteurs, whose targets were in this area that contained TVA dams and nitrogen plants. President Roosevelt, General Bill Donovan, and Senator Lister Hill were the planners and leaders of this project. In order to halt and capture the enemy and not upset the nation, small squadrons were sent out to complete these tasks. The group in Alabama needed extra help, and Ensign Billy Ray Coleman called upon and received help from Reverend Ples and the men from his church.

Pride's Landing: A Story of Two Conflicts from World War Two

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Adams, Jerry

Fantasy

Politics and Ponies is an engaging and compelling biography and memoir of Howard Nolan, a man who was born to love his two passions at an early age and let them lead him on a lifelong journey filled with opportunities and amazing success.em ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Quis ipsum suspendisse ultrices gravida. Risus commodo viverra maecenas accumsan lacus vel facilisis. The reader is invited to experience his fascinating lifestyle as he shares his globetrotting adventures in the politics of state governance and the world of Thoroughbred breeding and racing. With stunning consistency, Howard won election after election serving as a New York state senator from 1974 through 1994. The record shows that he had more votes on a major party line than any other senator. One of his more memorable elections was in 1983 when he won surpising victory in the Republican dominated town of Bethlehem, which hadn't elected a local Democrat in it's 188 year history. Howard was always pushing for postive change and challenging the status quo, which is why his relationship with Albany Mayor Erastus Corning, backed by the powerful "Democratic Machine", was often tumultuous. He was called Albany's Man of La Mancha, because he dared to take on the unbeatable foe in Corning, which helped to bring Albany into the Modern era. So, get ready to be impressed by an American original who built a lasting legacy around Politics and Ponies.

Politics And Ponies: The Fascinating Life Of Senator Howard Nolan

REED, James

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