Recommended Books
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The Kitchen and the Studio: A Memoir of Food and Art
$9.99The Kitchen and the Studio: A Memoir of Food and Art is a cookbook, an art book, a memoir, and a love story. Artist John A. O’Connor and Art Historian Mallory M. O’Connor met at the University of California, Davis, in 1962. They were married in January 1963. From the beginning, they shared a passion for good food and wine that has continued for over sixty years.
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Destined to Be a Hamilton: True Life Stories of Mary Anne Hamilton, Great-Great Granddaughter-in-Law of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton
$0.99Mary Anne Clark is a 31-year-old struggling waitress and soon-to-be-divorced mother of five, who serves 65-year-old Laurens Morgan Hamilton, heir to J. P. Morgan and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. He returns the next day—her day off—to announce he’s going to marry her. She tries to dissuade him, but Laurens courts her and her five children, offering fancy meals, lavish gifts, and extravagant trips.
More than a memoir, Mary Anne’s unbelievable life stories segue to three sections of 90 Hamilton facts: Laurens’ Lists A, B, and C. QR Codes link to her online resources. Over 70 images, most in color, are posted next to their related true stories, which are entertaining and inspiring as well as challenging. These tragedies and triumphs—and an unprecedented global phenomenon when Mary Anne is in her 80s—create an unexpected purpose for her life.
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Strangers and Angels: Finding Family in Unexpected Places
$2.99In Strangers and Angels, Gabe Reaume presents a new collection of stories about life, making a living, and living life to the fullest. From early days in rural America, to an unusual friendship as a young man with a woman old enough to be his grandmother, to an account of rising through the ranks in his chosen profession, these stories introduce an interesting cast of characters and a heart-warming look at what the world can bring you if you work hard and stay open to the unexpected circumstances and people placed in your midst.
Strangers and Angels is about making dreams come true, not only through perseverance and positive thinking but also through kindness–or, as Reaume prefers, “You win with people.” Everyone he meets along the way, from a Michigan dairy farmer to a cranky old rancher and above all, one very special granny plays a role in this bighearted memoir that will inspire and delight you.