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Amy Purdy, who inspired a nation on Dancing with the Stars and has been called a hero by Oprah Winfrey, reveals the intimate details of her triumphant comeback from the brink of death to making history as a Paralympic snowboarder.
In this poignant and uplifting memoir, Dancing With the Stars sensation Amy Purdy reveals the story of how losing her legs led her to find a spiritual path. When the Las Vegas native was just nineteen, she contracted bacterial...
3) Dark Truth
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They say the truth hurts.But living a lie hurts more.Trent's letter has left me with so many questions.What does he want from me?What do my family want?They're not usually ones to forgive and forget.I'm finally in a good place.At peace with not having them in my life.I've got a good job, I'm standing on my own two feet.But I haven't quite got my happily ever after yet...I can tell Dylan still has doubts about me.He's definitely hiding something.Who...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 I was watching the fan blades go round and round, thinking I could have turned on a show by now, but what's the point anyway. My fan friends don't make me feel like I'll get everything I want in this life.
#2 I am not going swimming with Drew. I want to eat disgusting takeout, fill my body with MSG, and then crawl under the covers until next year rolls around with...
5) Linc
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Book 1 in the Spring Valley PD Series LincI've watched my friends and family find their person. I had determined that if it hadn't happened by now, then it wasn't in my cards. I never expected to find my person on a disturbance call. She intrigued me and I wanted to know more, but she was holding something back. Millie I moved to Spring Valley to start over from a horrible past and to re-build my relationship with my grandfather. I was ready to stand...
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Are You and Your Family Ready to Survive the Next Disaster? Do you know how to feed your family yourself? Prepping is a lifestyle choice. It is when we look at ourselves and finally say, "I am going to stand on my own two feet and live the life I choose to live." In today's modern society, we rely on others way too much. We rely on people to give us food, shelter, jobs and everything else we feel that we are entitled to. Well, the day has come for...
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My name is Nicholas Steele, and they call me the Unbreakable Man. I have an amazing story to tell, and every word of it is true: the horrors, heartbreaks, miracles, and triumph. When a lightning-struck tree fell on me in 2008, it did more than just paralyze me from the neck down: ultimately, it broke my wife's spirit, destroyed my marriage, and ripped my family apart. I found myself pounded by setback after setback. But despite the cards Fate dealt...
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The definitive edition of the classic, myth-shattering history of the American familyLeave It to Beaver was not a documentary, a man's home has never been his castle, the "male breadwinner marriage" is the least traditional family in history, and rape and sexual assault were far higher in the 1970s than they are today. In The Way We Never Were, acclaimed historian Stephanie Coontz examines two centuries of the American family,...
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"Comedian Zach Anner opens his frank and devilishly funny book, If at Birth You Don't Succeed, with an admission: he botched his own birth. Two months early, underweight and under-prepared for life, he entered the world with cerebral palsy and an uncertain future. So how did this hairless mole-rat of a boy blossom into a viral internet sensation who's hosted two travel shows, impressed Oprah, driven the Mars Rover, and inspired a John Mayer song?...
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