Author David L. Lyons grew up during the 1950s and 60s in the small community of Whitehall in northern Alabama. As a child, he dealt with abject poverty and the stigma of being born to an unwed mother, which greatly affected his childhood. Lyons realized he was different from other children on the first day of school, when teachers asked students to tell the class who their fathers were and what they did. He never knew his father. Instead, he was raised by a single mothera rarity in 1947, ...

The unforgettable and heartbreaking true story of the firemen who bravely fought "the perfect fire".

This eBook contains the "extras", bonus material, and deleted scenes from David W. Powell's original memoir My Tour in Hell: A Marine's Battle with Combat Trauma. In this new posthumous edition, we get an intimate look at David's life in previously undocumented stages:Growing up in Pasadena, CaliforniaDraft NoticeBoot campFrom Camp Pendleton to Da NangHighlights of his life from 2007 to 2011Join us with a final salute to David W. Pow...

Chock-full of how-to tips and sage advice from America’s grandfathers, this is a handy guide to lifeAs members of the Greatest Generation, our grandfathers were not only defined by the Depression but also by their heroic service to the country in World War II. Courageous, responsible, and involved, they understand sacrifice, hard work, and how to do whatever is necessary to take care of their loved ones. They also know how to have a rollicking good time.Sen...

Best Food Writing is the place where readers and food writers meet to celebrate the most delicious prose of the year—serving up everything to whet your appetite from entertaining blogs to provocative journalism. This year's edition includes food writing stars (Michael Pollan, Pete Wells, and Jonathan Gold) as well as intriguing new voices (Matt Goulding and Erin Byers Murray) and celebrated chef-writers (Gabrielle Hamilton and Eddie Huang) for yet another collection of "strong wri...

Vancouver news icon and co-host of CTV’s The Last Word,” Mike McCardell is the crafter of human-interest stories that counteract the doom and gloom of conventional news programming. With his unerring instinct for teasing out the powerful hook” of human connection from the most innocuous (or bizarre) events, McCardell’s unique perspective has endeared him to hundreds of thousands of fans.He has also collected many of his favourite stories within several essay collections that have...

The publication of Jarhead launched a new career for Anthony Swofford, earning him accolades for its gritty and unexpected portraits of the soldiers who fought in the Gulf War. It spawned a Hollywood movie. It made Swofford famous and wealthy. It also nearly killed him.Now with the same unremitting intensity he brought to his first memoir, Swofford describes his search for identity, meaning, and a reconciliation with his dying father in the years after he returned from serving as a...

Prepping, Pantry, and Food Preservation - Save Your Family!Preppers know that one of the most important things in their stockpile is a steady source of food. But most people just go out to the store and waste money buying a bunch of boxed garbage that isn't healthy and won't provide the proper nutrients you need to survive any situation.But there is a much better way - building a Prepper's Pantry!With this guide, you'll learn the ins and outs of cre...

This book consists of 36 humours short stories about everyday life. Topics cover: how to Stay Young Forever, The East Coast Ghost, Home Invasion, The Sex Diet, Santa and the Happy Hooker, I am Dying of Baldness, Your Mate as a Vehicle, The Dancer and the Border Cops, What is Your Sexual Number and many more.

This is a memoir of an ordinary boy who grew up in a cotton mill village in northern Alabama , he was a boy full of adventure , mischief , and everything that comes along with country living . Some of the things he found himself in was fun and exciting and others got him just in plain trouble . This book is to bring your attention to when you was coming up with the simple things as well.

This book concludes the classic "Prepper Trilogy" and “Prepper Road Saga” ten years after a solar geomagnetic storm takes out the electrical grid and reduces the population by 90%. The prepper fellowship of the bugged out lake community survivors faces a dilemma they never expected until now. The few young adults still left in the little colony have decided they need to move on and make their own paths. Who will help cut the firewood and help break ground for next season's crops so these p...

In True Stories: Memories, Musings, Odds and Ends, C.J. Ott tells of the first seven years of his childhood in New York City and the next seven years in the Saugerties area, a hundred miles north of the city. He recounts his experiences as a postulant, novice and scholastic in the Marianist religious order; four years of military service in the U.S. Air Force, and a twenty-five year career as a teacher and principal in Trotwood-Madison City Schools, by Dayton, Ohio. Along the way he recall...