Coffee, Chaos, and Cuss Words
Coffee, Chaos, and Cuss Words

Author: Kevin Dirmann

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing

Published: 2021-12-15

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1649572956

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Coffee, Chaos, and Cuss Words: Life Through The Eyes Of A Former Army Interrogator & Others By: Kevin Dirmann A disabled combat veteran in a world where we all experience or have felt alone, misunderstood… or as if they are alone in their thoughts and feelings… This is a collection of the real life experiences and the perspectives on the complexity of life through the eyes of Kevin Dirmann as well as others. Encompassing difficult and traumatic events including: the stories of war as a former Army interrogator, the struggles of PTSD, depression, childhood trauma, rape and rape survival. Know you are not alone in your experiences, struggles, and trauma. There is an entire community just like yourself for support and kinship. Our stories may differ, but we all experience and struggle the same. Additionally, Kevin Dirmann strives for the family, friends, and loved ones to gain a deeper understanding or kinship of trauma, struggle, and hardships so many experience. Most importantly, to start conversations increasing understanding between one another. With understanding comes empathy, support, and healing. Our world becomes bigger, we gain empathy and understanding for those we don’t know. This is an opportunity of personal growth and understanding within ourselves and the world that surrounds us.

Using Curse Words
Using Curse Words

Author: Myra Fiacco

Publisher: Filles Vertes Publishing

Published: 2018-11-09

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 1946802336

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Overwhelm can become an identity and exhaustion can become a status symbol. It can be difficult to see past the struggle. In this book, the author provides advice on how to use the negativity to their advantage. By turning around words like "Stress," "Overwhelm," "Loneliness," and (the worst) "Always and Never," truth can be found within the lies and readers can ride those words all the way to the top.

Too Cute for Words
Too Cute for Words

Author: Sharon Dennis Wyeth

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780440402251

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Consumed by the cuteness of Amy's pen pal, Jimmie Randolph III, Palmer single-mindedly pursues the boy, unmindful of the consequences it may have on the pen pals group.

50,000 Watts of Jazz from Fargo
50,000 Watts of Jazz from Fargo

Author: Tim Rundquist

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0595211453

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A young man, just graduated from college, fulfills his long-standing dream by buying a vintage Volkswagen Microbus, recruiting a couple of friends and setting off across the continent, for a trip with no destination and no return date. Their only stated goal is to ¡°add something new to the lexicon of great American drivers and passengers.¡± Although their journey occurs at an anomalous time in modern history (i.e., the height of the Reagan era), they nonetheless manage to track down Iowa feedcaps, the Leaping Cat of Key West and the homeland of Dent maple syrup. And, ultimately, they even manage to tune in the elusive radio waves of 50,000 Watts of Jazz From FargoAt once surreal and homespun, humorous and thought-provoking, ¡°50,000 Watts of Jazz From Fargo¡± is a fond look at the joys of youth, exploration and creative anachronisms. Bringing to mind the best work of Richard Brautigan, David Duncan and others, the book takes readers down a road that is strange and new, but as familiar as home.

Collision of Destinies
Collision of Destinies

Author: Steven L. Benson

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2011-11

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 1462030920

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Steve Benson is a pugnacious, outgoing, and athletic twenty-six-year-old. After losing his first professional teaching assignment in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he puts his career on hold and hits the road in a rebuilt Volkswagen. The trip takes him to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where he discovers an ad asking for men with mechanical ability to work on ship. He wins the job and moves on board the 185 foot vessel on a promise he be chosen to accompany the newly remodeled vessel to South America. In this travelogue, the Miami-based renovation process is fraught with conflict and deception during which Steve and ten other crewmen survive the hostile work environment long enough to board passengers bound for the Galapagos Islands; where iguanas spit, whales calve, and seals dance in one of the world's most unique wildlife sanctuaries. It is during this incredible journey that captain Mike of the M/V Buccaneer becomes Steven's father figure, the crew his surrogate family, and Steve moves a giant step closer to becoming a man.

Uncommon Grounds
Uncommon Grounds

Author: Mark Pendergrast

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2010-09-28

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 0465024041

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The definitive history of the world's most popular drug. Uncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancient Abyssinia to the advent of Starbucks. Mark Pendergrast reviews the dramatic changes in coffee culture over the past decade, from the disastrous "Coffee Crisis" that caused global prices to plummet to the rise of the Fair Trade movement and the "third-wave" of quality-obsessed coffee connoisseurs. As the scope of coffee culture continues to expand, Uncommon Grounds remains more than ever a brilliantly entertaining guide to the currents of one of the world's favorite beverages.

Shadowheart
Shadowheart

Author: Laura Kinsale

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 1026

ISBN-13: 1497630940

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Swept up in political intrigue, an assassin and a princess embrace a passionate love in this fourteenth-century romance by a New York Times–bestselling author. As the last unmarried princess of Monteverde, Elayne is trapped in a marital bond when her hand is promised to the land’s ruler. On the voyage to meet her future husband, she is captured by Allegreto Navona—the living embodiment of the dark angel she’s seen in dreams. Endowed with godlike beauty, his eyes burn bright with sin. A woman of modesty would flee such a man. But try as she might, a wanton hunger binds her to his side . . . Trained as an assassin, Allegreto is the bastard son of an ambitious lord who raised him to murder for control of Monteverde. Now that his father is dead, if Allegreto can make Elayne his wife, it will cleanse his tainted blood, and the country will be his, but she is no mere maiden to be possessed. Unexpectedly, he falls in love with her, finding in her quick mind and azure eyes the conqueror of his heart. But will his dark past scare her off? With a legendary ability to create lovers you’ll never forget, the author of Flowers from the Storm offers a lively historical romance.

The Quiver
The Quiver

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1872

Total Pages: 888

ISBN-13:

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V. 12 contains: The Archer...Christmas, 1877.

It Only Gets Funnier: True Adventures of Bluewater Cruising
It Only Gets Funnier: True Adventures of Bluewater Cruising

Author: John “Luke” Lucarell

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-12-29

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1483462927

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John Lucarell started Bluewater and river boating in November 1971, and over the years, he's enjoyed plenty of adventures. He shares the most exciting and entertaining ones in this book chronicling his trips, many of which included his good friends Kevin and Shawn.The three met while they worked on dinner boats cruising the St. Johns River from Sanford, Florida, during the 1980s. In the spring of 1984, he joined several friends in chartering three Morgan sailboats to the Bahamas. Of the twelve people in his party, only four knew how to sail, and they were all in the same boat! What could possibly go wrong? On a trip from Central America to Florida, he encountered everything from inclement weather to a pirate scare off of Honduras. Four skiffs approached the boat, and the captain had to make evasive maneuvers. Join Lucarell and a cast of unforgettable characters as they cruise and see sights that most could not even imagine in It Only Gets Funnier.

Fractured Promises
Fractured Promises

Author: Ali Pierce

Publisher: Ali Pierce LLC

Published: 2019-03-15

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1733787925

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Kate I'm a far cry from the girl Shaw loved before he walked away. Shyness gave way to strength and independence as I achieved international fame. Shaw I'm a faded version of the boy Kate loved before she deserted me. Desolation drove my success and fueled my determination to be an attentive, single father. One restaurant. One introduction is all it takes for past and present to collide. Desires ignite while tempers flare as our reasons for leaving lie silent between us. Two hearts... Divided by time, fractured by promises and connected by secrets that could destroy us. This is a STANDALONE Contemporary Romance. Recommended for readers 18+ Topics: contemporary romance, romantic suspense, mystery, funny romance, modern romance, second chance romance, urban romance, Chicago romance, Wisconsin romance, Chicago, Door County romance, Door County, Milwaukee, smart romance, hot romance, ali pierce, ali pierce romance, wealthy, lighthearted romance, billionaire romance, yacht, sailing, love, sexy, heart warming, family, secrets, angst romance, emotional journey, contemporary, sexy, heartwarming, heart-warming, love, love books, kissing books, emotional journey, contemporary romance, starting over romance, starting over, forbidden, strong sidekick, wealthy hero, strong heroine, sassy, captivating romance, hot, hot romance, forbidden love, forbidden romance, sparks, loyalty, swoon, rescue, single father, daughter, protect, hospital, secret villain, drama, angst, angst romance, CEO, romantic, brother, family death, HEA, alpha, emotional, rich, business owner, secret identity