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No Grass Grows Under Our Feet (Hard-Cover) by Jeff Page
$33.95
I have found that human nature is the same today as it was years ago. We are driven by the same passions today as in the past.
Growing up, Jeffery Davis Page never learned much about his family’s history. The older generations were very tight-lipped about their past, as though they were ashamed. Jeff assumed their silence was due to his family’s Southern roots, and the South’s controversial history, but he didn’t know anything for certain.
Ready to unveil the mystery surrounding his family’s background, Jeff launched into a five-year journey to discover the details of his past, the secrets of his ancestry, and the impacts his family made throughout American history.
No Grass Grows Under Our Feet is an homage to family legacy, Southern culture, and the many paths that led us to where we are today.
No Grass Grows Under Our Feet (Soft Cover) by Jeff Page
$20.95
I have found that human nature is the same today as it was years ago. We are driven by the same passions today as in the past.
Growing up, Jeffery Davis Page never learned much about his family’s history. The older generations were very tight-lipped about their past, as though they were ashamed. Jeff assumed their silence was due to his family’s Southern roots, and the South’s controversial history, but he didn’t know anything for certain.
Ready to unveil the mystery surrounding his family’s background, Jeff launched into a five-year journey to discover the details of his past, the secrets of his ancestry, and the impacts his family made throughout American history.
No Grass Grows Under Our Feet is an homage to family legacy, Southern culture, and the many paths that led us to where we are today.
Growing Up Army (Hard Cover) By Robert Heath Sr.
$30.95
Experiencing the differences in how other people lived has always been one of the great benefits all of us Brats express when talking about growing up Army.
When Dick Heath proposed to Jinny, his girlfriend of two years, offering to provide her with her own kindergarten-sized family if she would quit teachers’ college to be his wife, he wasn’t kidding. As the nine members of said kindergarten arrived in several places around the US and the world, they proved to be an Army Brat Platoon of curious, energetic, and fun-loving Brats. None of the foreign places to which Dick was stationed slowed down the Brats’ adventures, even as they witnessed historically significant events all over the globe.
In this hilarious and engaging military memoir, Robert R. Heath Sr. recounts his time growing up as the third of nine Army Brats and learning that survival comes in many shapes and sizes.
Growing Up Army (Soft Cover) By Robert Heath Sr.
$19.95
Experiencing the differences in how other people lived has always been one of the great benefits all of us Brats express when talking about growing up Army.
When Dick Heath proposed to Jinny, his girlfriend of two years, offering to provide her with her own kindergarten-sized family if she would quit teachers’ college to be his wife, he wasn’t kidding. As the nine members of said kindergarten arrived in several places around the US and the world, they proved to be an Army Brat Platoon of curious, energetic, and fun-loving Brats. None of the foreign places to which Dick was stationed slowed down the Brats’ adventures, even as they witnessed historically significant events all over the globe.
In this hilarious and engaging military memoir, Robert R. Heath Sr. recounts his time growing up as the third of nine Army Brats and learning that survival comes in many shapes and sizes.
Balance Pedal Breathe: A Journey Through Medical School by Claire Unis (Soft Cover)
$17.95
When I was on my mountain bike, I knew that perseverance would pay off, that every uphill climb would end, that I could handle sudden drops and quick swerves and even most of the rocks that might appear in the road. My biking skills seemed irrelevant to learning medicine, but if nothing else, they kept my self-esteem off the floor.
When she received her acceptance to medical school, Claire Unis was an idealistic twenty-two-year-old waitress living in a small town in the Eastern Sierra. She arrived confident that caring about people would carry her through. But the trails she found herself traveling in medical school were more treacherous than she had imagined. As she emerged from the dark tunnel of endless studying into the labyrinth of the hospital, she found herself wrestling self-doubt while placating irascible patients, fighting sleep-deprivation, and sinking in the quicksand of empathy before arriving at the crux that plagues physicians today: how to retain compassion for others while struggling to stay whole.
By beautifully juxtaposing the often-tempestuous landscape of becoming a doctor with one young woman’s wide-ranging adventures in nature, this smartly written memoir explores the heart and sinew of medicine, discovering places where knowledge and meaning diverge—and, unexpectedly, intertwine.
Balance Pedal Breathe: A Journey Through Medical School by Claire Unis (Hard Cover)
$29.95
When I was on my mountain bike, I knew that perseverance would pay off, that every uphill climb would end, that I could handle sudden drops and quick swerves and even most of the rocks that might appear in the road. My biking skills seemed irrelevant to learning medicine, but if nothing else, they kept my self-esteem off the floor.
When she received her acceptance to medical school, Claire Unis was an idealistic twenty-two-year-old waitress living in a small town in the Eastern Sierra. She arrived confident that caring about people would carry her through. But the trails she found herself traveling in medical school were more treacherous than she had imagined. As she emerged from the dark tunnel of endless studying into the labyrinth of the hospital, she found herself wrestling self-doubt while placating irascible patients, fighting sleep-deprivation, and sinking in the quicksand of empathy before arriving at the crux that plagues physicians today: how to retain compassion for others while struggling to stay whole.
By beautifully juxtaposing the often-tempestuous landscape of becoming a doctor with one young woman’s wide-ranging adventures in nature, this smartly written memoir explores the heart and sinew of medicine, discovering places where knowledge and meaning diverge—and, unexpectedly, intertwine.
A Maze in Thailand: The Fortunes and Fiascoes of a Free Spirit (Hard Cover) by Mark Thumann
$29.95
Is there a better way to cope with a worldwide pandemic than traveling toward the location of its origin? Probably. But this was Mark E. Thumann’s choice when, while recovering from a work injury, he decided a beach in Thailand would be the best place to convalesce. Little did he know he would be trapped in a COVID-19 lockdown for an indefinite period of time. He was also blissfully ignorant of another consequence of his decision: the most enigmatic, terrifying, and potentially life-altering adventure that lay in wait on the superficially idyllic island of Phuket.
In A Maze in Thailand, Mark documents the danger, absurdity, and enchantment of his numerous forays into the Kingdom of Thailand. This eclectic and humorous collection of stories explores fate and freewill, the fear and uncertainty those two entities create, and the instincts one needs to make it out of a twisted and life-threatening maze.
A Maze in Thailand: The Fortunes and Fiascoes of a Free Spirit (SOFT Cover) by Mark Thumann
$17.95
Is there a better way to cope with a worldwide pandemic than traveling toward the location of its origin? Probably. But this was Mark E. Thumann’s choice when, while recovering from a work injury, he decided a beach in Thailand would be the best place to convalesce. Little did he know he would be trapped in a COVID-19 lockdown for an indefinite period of time. He was also blissfully ignorant of another consequence of his decision: the most enigmatic, terrifying, and potentially life-altering adventure that lay in wait on the superficially idyllic island of Phuket.
In A Maze in Thailand, Mark documents the danger, absurdity, and enchantment of his numerous forays into the Kingdom of Thailand. This eclectic and humorous collection of stories explores fate and freewill, the fear and uncertainty those two entities create, and the instincts one needs to make it out of a twisted and life-threatening maze.
Crimson Roses & Purple Irises (Hard Cover) by Jonathan Elliott
$31.99
“Never tell anyone what goes on in this house.”
For young John Elliott Pitts, his mother’s words would forever echo like the hills
and valleys amongst which he was raised. And for years, nobody would know
about the goings on of his home life—his father’s alcoholism and beatings, his
mother’s resilience and resulting explosive temper, months spent as an outsider in his
grandmother’s house, and an escalating mental illness.
From the shores of Okinawa, to the halls of a dozen colleges and universities, to the final straw that led him to change his name, Jonathan Ian Elliott often struggled to find his way in the face of bipolar disorder, alcoholism, and severe depression which nearly took his life on two occasions. Feeling broken, but not one to give up a fight, he sought healing and learned to pick up the pieces. Crimson Roses and Purple Irises is a story of perseverance and overcoming inner darkness to blossom beyond one’s roots.
Crimson Roses & Purple Irises (Soft Cover) by Jonathan Elliott
$19.95
“Never tell anyone what goes on in this house.”
For young John Elliott Pitts, his mother’s words would forever echo like the hills
and valleys amongst which he was raised. And for years, nobody would know
about the goings on of his home life—his father’s alcoholism and beatings, his
mother’s resilience and resulting explosive temper, months spent as an outsider in his
grandmother’s house, and an escalating mental illness.
From the shores of Okinawa, to the halls of a dozen colleges and universities, to the final straw that led him to change his name, Jonathan Ian Elliott often struggled to find his way in the face of bipolar disorder, alcoholism, and severe depression which nearly took his life on two occasions. Feeling broken, but not one to give up a fight, he sought healing and learned to pick up the pieces. Crimson Roses and Purple Irises is a story of perseverance and overcoming inner darkness to blossom beyond one’s roots.
All Mixed Up- Hard Cover by Lexi Andresen Lutz
$28.95
We are no longer in a world where people can be defined by one or two syllables. We are increasingly more unique and more complex humans. This is the beauty of America, and it should be shared and acknowledged.
Growing up in a multicultural household with a Filipino mother and German-Irish father, Alexandria “Lexi” Lutz has always been fascinated by the complexities of her identity. Despite a happy childhood and supportive parents, she often felt like an outsider while living in an environment where most people identified with one race.
In light of recent social and political movements surrounding race and identity, Lexi was inspired to write about being multiracial and racially ambiguous in America, as well as the identity crisis that comes with it.
All Mixed Up delves into the complexities of navigating different cultural identities and the importance of belonging in today’s society, empowering multiracial individuals to find beauty in their ambiguity.
All Mixed Up- Soft Cover by Lexi Andresen Lutz
$14.95
We are no longer in a world where people can be defined by one or two syllables. We are increasingly more unique and more complex humans. This is the beauty of America, and it should be shared and acknowledged.
Growing up in a multicultural household with a Filipino mother and German-Irish father, Alexandria “Lexi” Lutz has always been fascinated by the complexities of her identity. Despite a happy childhood and supportive parents, she often felt like an outsider while living in an environment where most people identified with one race.
In light of recent social and political movements surrounding race and identity, Lexi was inspired to write about being multiracial and racially ambiguous in America, as well as the identity crisis that comes with it.
All Mixed Up delves into the complexities of navigating different cultural identities and the importance of belonging in today’s society, empowering multiracial individuals to find beauty in their ambiguity.