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Life Ventures & Other Stories
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- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
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Publisher's summary
Life Ventures & Other Stories is an intriguing compilation of personal life experience writings, inspirational stories and prayers, and fictional short stories dispensing mystery and amusement. This short prose genre book consists of three sections and is a unique blend of humor, revelation, and suspense.
Section one: "Life Adventures" shares life experiences through often humorous and entertaining personal essays.
Section two: "Inspiration" consists of enlivening short writings and personal prayers written over a lifetime by author Eric Von Jares.
The final section is a collection of short stories that deal with life issues of managing one's relationships, coping with grief, loss of faith, and self-esteem issues.
Eric Von Jares wrote his first creative work - a poem at age 15 - and became a lifelong fan of the written word. After attaining a graduate degree, he continued to write poetry, short stories, and magazine articles for national publications such as Parents Magazine and The Saturday Evening Post. His poetry book, Chronicles of a Romantic, is also now available along with other writings.
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Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to The Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Albom operates in Port Au Prince. With no children of their own, the 40-plus children who live, play, and go to school at the orphanage have become family to Mitch and his wife, Janine. But at age five, Chika is suddenly diagnosed with something a doctor there says "no one in Haiti can help you with."
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BUY READ AND RECOMMEND THIS BOOK
- By The Birds. on 11-05-19
By: Mitch Albom
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Phantom Limb
- A Gripping Psychological Thriller
- By: Lucinda Berry
- Narrated by: Kate Marcin
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Emily and Elizabeth spent their childhood locked in a bedroom and terrorized by a mother who drank too much and disappeared for days. The identical twins were rescued by a family determined to be their saviors. But there are some horrors love can’t erase....
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Not a fan of the ending.....
- By Dr. loLafolana on 08-10-20
By: Lucinda Berry
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The Good Neighbors
- By: Kiersten Modglin
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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When Bryant and Harper Page move to Lancaster Mills, their first encounter with their new neighbors - Jason and Tori Fuller, who are beautiful, strange, and terrifying - is anything but a warm welcome. Despite their hesitations, the Pages are intrigued by the people they now share a street with. As their curiosity gets the best of them, they discover that there’s much more to the Fullers than meets the eye. Their new neighbors have secrets, that much is obvious, but just how dangerous could they be?
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Took a chance, and was not disappointed!
- By Kellie Johnson on 04-01-20
By: Kiersten Modglin
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The Last Post
- By: Renée Carlino
- Narrated by: Avery Caris, Stephen Dexter
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Laya Marston’s husband, Cameron, a daredevil enthusiast, was the complete opposite of her, ready and willing to dive off a cliff-face or parachute across a canyon - and Laya loved him for it. But she was different: pragmatic, regimented, devoted to her career and to supporting Cameron from the sidelines of his death-defying feats. Opposites attract, right? But when Cameron dies tragically, Laya becomes lost in denial, living in the delusion that Cameron will come back to her.
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I really wanted to like this
- By Amazon Customer on 12-21-21
By: Renée Carlino
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The Lies We Told
- By: Diane Chamberlain
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Maya and Rebecca Ward are both accomplished physicians, but that's where the sisters' similarities end. As teenagers, they witnessed their parents' murder, but it was Rebecca who saved Maya from becoming another of the gunman's victims. The tragedy left Maya cautious and timid, settling for a sedate medical practice with her husband, Adam, while Rebecca became the risk taker.
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Sibling rivalry, love, lust, loss, & heartache
- By Jessica on 03-22-16
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Before the Storm
- By: Diane Chamberlain
- Narrated by: Abby Craden, Kris Koscheski
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Laurel Lockwood lost her son once through neglect. She's spent the rest of her life determined to make up for her mistakes, and she has succeeded in becoming a committed, protective parent-maybe even overprotective. Still, she loosens her grip just enough to let Andy attend a local church social-a decision that terrifies her when the church is consumed by fire. But Andy survives...and remarkably, saves other children from the flames.
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Great book...HORRIBLE performance
- By Andrea on 03-10-15