Charade (HB)
Charade (HB)

Author: Sarah Rebekkah Hunt

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing

Published: 2020-02-07

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1646108442

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Charade By: Sarah Rebekkah Hunt Clare is like anyone else. She has thoughts, fears, loves, and hopes. Clare is also in a wheelchair, unable to speak to anyone. Clare wants to be seen for the person screaming inside her head. Trapped in a body she can't control, Clare's mode of communication is severely limited. Charade is a story meant to be a voice for the voiceless, the forgotten, and the hidden members of society with severe disabilities. It is a heartwarming, as well as heart-wrenching tale about Clare and her family’s journey navigating her life with a disability that often defines her existence. Charade is for the families and caregivers who are entrenched in the isolation of daily life, managing the reality of disability-- loving their children and advocating for them the best they can. It is also intended to enrich the world with these magnificent lives and bring them out of hiding.

The Event Makers I’Ve Known
The Event Makers I’Ve Known

Author: Elvin C. Bell

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2012-09-26

Total Pages: 598

ISBN-13: 9781475947946

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This memoir presents author Elvin Bells recollection of his own history and of his encounters with some of the most well-known movers and shakers of the times. He provides us with astonishing revelations based upon his discussions, meetings, and casual conversations with them. The Event Makers Ive Known shares incredible close-ups of everyone from President Richard Nixon and his secretary, Rosemary Woods, to Elvis Presley and screen siren Marilyn Monroe. Bell reveals shocking details of the love affair between Woods and the Interior Secretary and describes the impetuosity of General William Westmoreland, among other stories. In addition to sharing stories of the famous people he has known, he tells his own personal stories, including the tragic story of his grandmothers death within just a few minutes of his mothers birth in a fire that engulfed the hospital in flames. He talks about the daring rescue of his mother by the young doctor who delivered hera rescue that cost the doctor his eyesight, his occupation, and eventually his life. He also shares fascinating stories of the hardships, ingenuity, and perseverance that many parents and grandparents endured on their dust bowl quest to reach California. In his tenth book, The Event Makers Ive Known, Bell takes readers on an emotional roller-coaster ride of superstar meltdowns, victories, and heartfelt personal stories.

A Life Beyond Infinity
A Life Beyond Infinity

Author: Elvin C. Bell

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2017-02-28

Total Pages: 1091

ISBN-13: 1532015968

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Author Elvin C. Bell began life as the fifth of ten children in a migrant farm labor family. From a one-room cabin in a cotton camp to the White House, and everything in between, hes lived a rich and colorful life. In A Life beyond Infinity, he shares a collection of essays of the people hes met from his experiences in the US Air Force, his assignments in the White House, as a reporter and writer, and as an elected representative. Bell mixes sparkling smiles, smarts, sass and sorrow in describing his visits, conversations, and friendships to provide close-ups of everyone from Presidents Kennedy, Nixon, Johnson, and Carter, to Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon, John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Milton Berle, and many other notables. In A Life beyond Infinity, Bell describes his encounters with some of the most well-known movers and shakers of the times.

A Death in Heaven
A Death in Heaven

Author: Henry Lazenby

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2003-09

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 0595296335

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Someone murdered Amanda Harris. That's the conclusion of her sister, Joan, when she travels to the denominational headquarters of the Apostolic Community Church and learns the details of Amanda's death. Officials claim Amanda, who had been the chief financial officer, committed suicide. Joan suspects her sister was murdered by none other than Horace Ray Brown, the ruling bishop of the denomination. Joan's desperate search for the truth uncovers an international conspiracy that spans three continents and involves drug smuggling, financial fraud, and political corruption.

Beyond Cantua Creek
Beyond Cantua Creek

Author: Elvin C. Bell

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2010-06-17

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 1450233007

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In Beyond Cantua Creek, a seasoned political insider with White House experience, shares some fascinating experiences during the Nixon Administration, including the Nixon-Brezhnev White House Summit Conference. During the Iron Curtain era, Elvin Bell led several intelligence missions into Russia, Poland, and Czechoslovakia, in addition to later serving two special assignments in the White House and completing a tour in the Pentagon during the Ronald Reagan administration. He utilizes his political experience to provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the power structure that existed during the Nixon administrationa foundation that allowed a secretary to appoint her own boyfriend to be secretary of the interior. As he shares the contents of startling conversations and meetings with Soviet President Leonid Ilych Brezhnev, Nixons secretary Rosemary Woods, Hollywood producer Sam Peckinpah, and scores of other notables, Bell captures the drama that escaped media attention and instead thrived behind the walls of the White House and elsewhere. Beyond Cantua Creek is a compelling compilation that will encourage lively discussions about politics, a presidential administration that will never be forgotten, and the eccentricities of those who once ruled Hollywood.