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Some people live a life so full, so warm, and so unexpectedly remarkable that their story demands to be told before the world loses it forever. Howard "Howie" Buford was exactly that kind of person. Born in the sunny suburbs of Los Angeles, he grew up a carefree, joke-cracking, convertible-driving young man who never imagined that the frozen forests of Belgium would one day define him. This is his ... Read more

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True love tested by racial, cultural, and systemic attack.A story that makes you fall in love with love Save your tears-It's a better world since Candy and Gabe. This is a true story of a 17-year-old, tough-minded, female sprinter and her 27-year-old, soft-hearted, male coach who, though opposite in terms of class, race, and age, run smack into each other's hearts.Smarter, cleverer, and stronger ... Read more

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Tolstoy in Riyadh

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Chris Cryer's account of life in Saudi Arabia is about real people, not stereotypes In 1982 Chris Cryer was living with her fourteen-year-old son, Marc, in Alabama, where she owned and ran a Montessori preschool. When the opportunity came to spend a year in Saudi Arabia, teaching English to women at King Saud University, she was tempted, Marc was enthusiastic, and so began a life-changing ... Read more

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