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Biography – HENRY: A Polish Swimmer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America

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HENRY: A Polish Swimmer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America
By Katrina Shawver
Publisher: Koehler Books
Published: November 2017
ISBN: 978-1633935204 (pb)
ISBN: 978-1633935235 (hc)
ASIN: B0753QV9NN
Genre: Biography
Formats Available For Review: pdf, epub

When Katrina Shawver met the eighty-five-year-old Henry Zguda, he possessed an exceptional memory, a surprising cache of original documents and photos, and a knack for meeting the right people at the right time. In the interview style of Tuesdays with Morrie, Henry relates in his own voice a life as a champion swimmer and swimming coach, interrupted by three years imprisoned in Auschwitz and Buchenwald as a Polish (Catholic) political prisoner. Told with a pragmatic gallows humor, and sense of hope, this bridge to history is supported by extensive research, original documents, and rare photos. Ultimately, HENRY is the story a resilient young man who survives by his wits, humor, friends, and a healthy dose of luck.

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Biography/Art – The Mystery of an Old Master Painting by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino

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The Mystery of an Old Master Painting by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino
By Carla N.
Publisher: Xlibris
Published: February 2017
Pages: 223
ISBN: 978-1524504748
ASIN: B06WGZM2GR
Genre: Biography, Art
Formats Available For Review: Print (limited quantities, only availabel to qualified bloggers/reviewers in the United States) and kindle

The Mystery of an Old Master Painting, Madonna of Divine Love Painting by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino is written with the purpose of clarifying the story believed for centuries of a painting on wood created in 1518 by a pupil of Raffaello (Raphael), although everybody knew that the master had painted the original on canvas in 1514. Unfortunately, the original disappeared for 471 years (from the time of the 1544 Vasari description to 2015), and until there is a side-by-side exhibit of the two paintings, there will be only this story to reveal the truth.

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History/Biography – A Thousand Points of Truth

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A Thousand Points of Truth
By V.P. Hughes
Publisher: Xlibris
ISBN: 978-1524527181
ASIN: B01L1U43X2
Genre: History and Biography
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The title of this book reflects the halftone process used to print photographs in newspapers and while all the articles that appear in the book suffer from some degree of inaccuracy, there arises from them as a whole—just as the dots in the halftone process produce a photograph—a portrait of Colonel John Singleton Mosby not found in the most searching and detailed of biographies and historic accounts.

Here we read the personal testimonies of friends and enemies, contemporaries and scholars and, of course, Mosby himself. A Thousand Points of Truth presents for the first time, a great American hero in all of his magnificent and fallible humanity.

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Website: http://www.AThousandPointsofTruth.com

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Spiritual Biography – At Dreams’ End: A Story of Love, Belief and New Life

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At Dreams’ End: A Story of Love, Belief and New Life
By Mary Tiffin
Publisher: Firefly Scribbles
Published: March 2017
ASIN: B06XX5RQQJ
Genre: Biography, Body Mind Spirit, Christian Living, Family, Spiritual
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This is the love story of two people. Mary Tiffin, RunLites company founder, and her dear husband David. It’s a story of faith and hope, because no matter what kind of person you are – a hopeless romantic, a spiritual soul, a grand questioner or a firmly-planted realist – you can’t help but find a bit of destiny in Mary and David’s journey. And regardless of your religious belief or non-belief, it may get you thinking…

Mary and David did not have a lifetime together in terms of years, but they absolutely did in terms of love. Married just ten years when David was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia, the two had hope that they could beat the cancer odds and be among the 5 percent who survive this disease. “Someone has to be a survivor. Why not you, David? Why not us?” Mary thought, and even said out loud. They amassed their army and arsenal: the best doctors, the best hospital, the best treatments, and did their best to be strong in the face of fear. All this they did for each other, for their young children, for their life.

How could they have known their lives were being transformed, that from the darkness would come the light? Every dawn, light overtakes the shadows of night. But cancer isn’t predictable like a sunrise. Cancer has its own timetable and its own agenda. At least it seems like it does. Particularly for families like the Tiffins, struggling through the trials and trauma of treatments, in hospitals, hoping and praying for miracles. Mary was by David’s side through it all: The bone marrow transplant, chemo, and the side effects. And while Mary remained hopeful through science, she also remained faithful to her Christian Catholic upbringing through prayer.

Mary served as chief communicator, regularly updating loved ones of David’s condition. “It was a matter of survival,” said Mary. “Family and friends needed updates and I needed their support. David was struggling. Inside, I was too. But I simply couldn’t bear the thought of repeating the day’s events with every phone call. That was just too much.” Mary resorted to email as a means of staying connected. And what started as an almost daily update to 14 people grew into a nightly prayer community of nearly 20,000 caring believers, true miracle workers. The outpouring was beyond Mary’s comprehension, but she didn’t ask questions. She went with it. Thousands of people with hope, praying for wellness, for health and for blood counts to rise. For kidneys to start working, for wakefulness, for whatever could perhaps help David survive. “I know the plans I have for you… They are plans for good and not for disaster to give you a future and hope.”

At Dreams’ End is the story of a miraculous journey of love and hope. David gave Mary the powerful gift of belief. He gave her a future built on the truth that from darkness always comes light. Their strength and courage have touched the lives of more people than they know in ways that they can’t even imagine. To so many of us, the two of them have been a MIRACLE.

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Biography – Till the Cows Come Home

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Till the Cows Come Home
By J.T. Blakemore
Publisher: Fideli Publishing
ISBN: 978-1604144284
ASIN: B005O21V20
Pages: 207
Genre: Biography-brain injury survivor

For those of us who sometimes feel that the light at the end of the tunnel really is an oncoming train, J.T. Blakemore is living proof that we don’t have to simply stand on the tracks and be run down. This is the story of a man who faces down a great deal of adversity and lives to tell the tale.

In 1963, J.T. took an ill-advised ride in a ’59 Hot Rod Chevy and regained consciousness twenty-eight days later. He was 21 years old. “You might say I threw my life away for a dozen cans of beer. My bell was rung really well, and I’ve had one I gigantic hangover ever since. The prognosis was simple: brain damage. The effects were not so simple. Not by a long shot.”

J.T.’s past provides him with the tools he needs to meet the challenges of learning to walk, talk, and see all over again. The product of a tempestuous couple who met and married on the same day, J.T.’s often humorous journey from orphanage to U.S. Marines and beyond teaches him that adversity is a fact of life. His unflinching deion of his ongoing recovery and his unique insights into the thought processes of someone with “drain bamage” will be uncharted territory for most readers, but well worth the trip. In spite of his many obstacles, this consummate storyteller is one of the most positive, enthusiastic men you will ever meet.

“Damage to my big USMC pride would be an ongoing occurrence. On more than one occasion, I have found myself, for no apparent reason, sitting squarely on my posterior. But I have learned two positive things about falling. First: getting back on my feet has become easier with every fall. Second: living with embarrassment won’t kill you.”

His belief in “patient, prayerful, persistent perseverance” and an unflappable faith in God have served him well during his unusual journey. He has gone on to earn several college degrees, meet and marry his wife, and raise two equally strong and determined children. At first glance, you might think he’s just an average guy.

Till the Cows Come Home is an inspiring account of triumph over adversity — the sort of triumph that J.T. sincerely believes could be achieved by anyone of us if we have faith, a healthy sense of humor, and (although he never comes right out and says it) a certain level of practicality.

“I have had to learn to accept the fact that everything is constantly changing, and, in many cases, remains different and difficult. That sounds almost normal. Doesn’t it?”

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Spiritual Biography – This Above All

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This Above All
By Tess Hughes
Publisher: TAT Foundation
Published: May 2016
ISBN: 978-0986445712
ASIN: B01GFA2UEM
Genre: Spiritual Biography
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This is the spiritual journey of one woman, described in terms of the traditional Zen Ox-herding poem and pictures. It also includes references to Christian teachings. It is written in modern secular language.

This beautifully organized book is about the writer’s spiritual voyage, all the way to its ultimate unfolding– an end to her suffering. Throughout her story, this writer is profoundly generous, holding nothing back. She welcomes readers into a journey so sensitive, so private, that at times it feels like we shouldn’t be there; her feelings, fears, revelations, struggles, joys, confusion, delight, reflections, courage, tenacity—are all laid out in these pages so that someone else might benefit. The serious seeker will find this book, and the depth of this writer’s generosity, refreshing and uplifting. Tess not only openly reveals her own path, but continually supports and encourages ours. It is a rare read.

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