The Unknown Bobby Fischer

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The Unknown Bobby Fischer is really four books in one. First of all, it is a detailed look at Fischer's formative years when the young genius went from struggling Class B player to U.S. Champion in the space of two-and-half years. Published accounts of the time, reminiscences and rare photos serve to shed light on a part of Bobby's career that is rarely examined. But Fischer is not the only subject. The 1950's were a golden time for American chess. The Byrne... More >>

The Unknown Bobby Fischer

Ellie: A Story of Profound Loss and Abuse

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Ellie begins her life with loving parents and a stable home. Tragedy strikes when she is seven years old with the death of her mother. Her father’s death one year later plunges Ellie into a nightmare of abuse and frequent moves. Her ever-changing caregivers have one thing in common…a sinister force who has made Ellie the target of his obsession. He torments Ellie until he breaks the essence of her, leaving a terrified shell where a happy child should be. Ellie e... More >>

Ellie: A Story of Profound Loss and Abuse

Up on the Rim

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A man's memory of his boyhood days on a homestead in central Montana told so well it will leave an indelible mark on the reader. The ever-changing adventure of family relationships and farm life, enhanced by a remarkable collie dog vividly recreates the time and place of Eunson's childhood. Taking the reader back in history to a Montana and a lifestyle almost forgotten, you won't want to put this one down!... More >>

Up on the Rim

Father's Touch, Second Edition

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Father’s Touch (second edition) by Donald D’Haene. This autobiography takes readers through the eyes of a child going into adulthood who was sexually abused by his own father. With over 1.8 million child abuse cases reported a year (and an unimaginable amount that is not reported); Father’s touch gives a realistic, haunting view into what a sexually abused child experiences, thinks, and feels. Although this book shows the true nature of a predator and the... More >>

Father's Touch, Second Edition

Westhope: Life as a Former Farm Boy

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Growing up in Westhope, North Dakota, during the 1960s and 1970s, Dean Hulse was surrounded by a thriving agricultural community. Family farms were the backbone of the local economy, and the small businesses lining the town’s main street provided the essentials of daily life. Since that time the small towns of the Great Northern Plains have witnessed severe economic decline as family farms have gradually been replaced by industrial agriculture.

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Westhope: Life as a Former Farm Boy

Hellfire and Herring: A Childhood Remembered

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Christopher Rush returns, decades later, to rediscover his childhood and offers a frank account of his youth. This evocation of a way of life now vanished demonstrates the timeless power of the word in resurrecting the past. Rush writes of family, village characters, church, school, folklore and fishing, the eternal power of the sea, and the cycles of the seasons. With a poet's eye he navigates the worlds of the imagination and the unknown, the archetypal problems o... More >>

Hellfire and Herring: A Childhood Remembered

Memories Are Like Clouds

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Memories Are Like Clouds, a touching memoir, is a fond remembrance of growing up when life seemed simple. Gliding on the porch swing while listening to their mother’s stories of her youth, counting dead goldfish at the five-and-ten cent store, playing pick-up baseball games down near the dump, collecting Ralph Kiner and Stan Musial baseball cards, helping Daddy at his candy business, devouring Sgt. Rock comic books, and running numbers for the neighborhood boo... More >>

Memories Are Like Clouds