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Jim Bollich, a 102-year-old World War II soldier, offers a first-person account of courage, fortitude and the will to survive three years of frost-bitten captivity as a POW in Manchuria, enduring the Bataan Death March, thirst, starvation, diseases, a 32-day sea voyage (crammed into the hold of a Japanese hell ship) and aerial bombings. After liberation, the transport ship to take him home hit a mine and lost power. A violent typhoon ensued and he had to lash himself to a bulkhead above deck to survive.

Do you often wonder why you do not achieve success even after many sacrifices? Do you often feel exhausted, tired with failures, and stuck in life? Do you often wonder why all the successful people beam with self-confidence, grow faster, and win accolades, while others find it difficult and overwhelmed by circumstances? Imagine how your life would change if you knew how sacrifices help in achieving success, performing at the highest levels, and feeling happy.

These five compelling short stories from North of Nelson, Volume 2 will captivate even the most jaded listener with frankness and audacity. Moore holds nothing back, no subject is out of bounds, and no apologies are given as he exposes stories of incest, lust, love, and hate.

Do you find yourself getting angry with your children more often than you'd like? Are tantrums and meltdowns a regular occurrence in your household? If so, you're not alone. Parenting is hard, and controlling your anger is a stepping stone to raising happy children. In this audiobook, you will learn how to effectively manage your anger, so you can act as a guide to raising calmer, more respectful, and happier children. You will learn how to empathize with your children, resolve tantrums calmly, and achieve a peaceful household through effective anger management.

If you want to learn how to buy, drive, and maintain a recreational vehicle to travel and live the RV lifestyle, then check out HowExpert Guide to RV Life. HowExpert Guide to RV Life is a book for folks who don’t know much about RVs but feel they need to learn more about them. Firsthand experiences and suggestions are given throughout the book, which can help the person looking for more information on RVs or the RV newbie with the beginning of their RV experience.

Have you spent years trying to achieve your goals but keep failing? Do you feel discouraged because of the countless failures? Have you given up because your futile efforts have led you to believe that success is only for the select few? Do you feel stressed and overwhelmed by the obstacles that prevent you from accomplishing your goals? If you want to live a life of purpose, build good habits and achieve your goals, self-discipline is the only skill that is more important than anything else.

In this Positive Parenting Guide, you'll find several pointers to improve parenting. What every parent must know is that there is no such thing as a perfect parent. Every parent knows how difficult parenting is, and it is just making things up as he or she goes along. So stop trying to be a perfect parent; strive to be a great one instead. Parenting struggles are universal. No matter your parenting dilemma, you will find the guidance you are looking for in this collection.

Humanity stands on the precipice of a great change. Cassie Voges has made it back to Earth, but her return opens a Pandora’s box that will irrevocably change humankind. The world is in the grip of a new pandemic that may be alien in origin. Politicians, researchers, and soldiers grapple with this new reality. If a solution cannot be found, will it herald a new age, or will it be the end of civilization?

For many of those who've lived there, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan can seem like a magical place because nature there feels so potent and, at times, full of mystery. After having grown up there, Raymond Luczak can certainly attest to its mythical powers. In Chlorophyll, he reimagines Lake Superior and its environs as well as his houseplants as a variety of imaginary and historical characters. 

Paddling a canoe into the sunrise. Watching a child take her first kayak ride with her father. Dodging campfire smoke while burning marshmallows and telling scary stories to wide-eyed kids. These are some of the moments and memories depicted in Summers at the Lake. The essays—often humorous, sometimes tinged with a sweet melancholy—celebrate the people and events marking the progress of the seasons, from the budding of the first leaves of May to their falling, gold and scarlet, in September. These prose poems capture the joy of simple, lakeside living and quiet reflection.

Parenting is the most heroic and rewarding activity you will ever undertake, and now you have a One-Stop Parenting Guide. When your child's future is at stake, no stone should be left unturned in your quest for tools and tips you can use to make them better. In this concise guide, every aspect of parenting is covered. This book comprises Positive Parenting Guide and Parenting Teens. Both of these will help you take the reins and have an easier time raising responsible kids who are ready to face the world on their own. Grab this audiobook today!

Do you really wonder why most of the successful people read books? Imagine how would your life change if you develop habits of reading books? Imagine what your life would be if you acquire knowledge and wisdom, improve your focus, develop your creativity, reduce your stress, and make a wonderful life? If you want to understand the benefits of reading books and how to develop reading habits, the audiobook The Power of Reading is for you.

Imagine how would your life change if you know how to manage self after success? What if you are able to continue with the same momentum, achieve your ultimate goal and make a wonderful life? If you always face difficulty in handling fame, develop complacency or ego, and look for a solution, the audiobook The Art of Managing Success is for you.

This audiobook contains three books: 7 Best Sacrifices to Success, The Art of Managing Success, and The Power of Reading.

From the author's unique collection, witness newly restored images from long lost stereoviews, cabinet cards, postcards, and lithograph engravings. Join us on a visual journey to relive some of those moments, and discover a unique heritage through those faces and places. From the Soo to Ironwood, from Copper Harbor to Mackinaw Island—you'll never see the Upper Peninsula in quite the same way!

North of Nelson presents six gripping short stories set in the wilderness of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan will hold the listener spellbound as the various protagonists live, and sometimes perish, in this often harsh and rugged land. The mythical village of Nelson frames the life and plights of the various actors as they plunge headlong physically, psychologically, and metaphorically into the treacherous waters of the Sturgeon River Country, where humans live precariously on the edge of a knife, and every mistake could be fatal.

This book covers everything from equipment to tournament strategy in easy-to-understand language that will assist both rookie and experienced players. Pickleball Book for Beginners not only explains how individuals should prepare for the game, but it also demonstrates basic and sophisticated strokes and offers helpful advice on doubles play, mental training, gamesmanship, and offensive and defensive strategy. Drills are offered to assist listeners in developing the shots that are advised. 

The ability to empathize with people is a skill that we are taught, and not one that some people have naturally, or that society is able to cultivate—it comes from within each of us. Empathy can create strong bonds between humans, but it can also bring about conflict and hate. Empathy is a type of emotional awareness that is part of the understanding process. Empathy can be defined as "the capacity to recognize, understand, and share another person's feelings without being consciously aware of it".

Natural healing is the practice of using natural remedies such as herbs, foods, vitamins, and other plants to cure or prevent illness. In contrast with traditional Western medicine, which focuses on treatments that are often high-tech and invasive, natural healing typically takes a less medical approach. Natural healing is a well-established practice in many cultures around the world; certain cultures are known to have had medical practitioners who have used natural remedies for centuries before the discovery of modern medical science.

The combination of mining, maritime, and lumbering history created a culture in the U.P. that is unique to the Midwest. Discover true stories of the rough and dangerous times of the Upper Peninsula frontier that are as enjoyable as they are educational. You'll find no conventional romantic or whitewashed history here. Instead, you will be astonished by the true hardships and facets of trying to settle a frontier sandwiched between the three Great Lakes. These minutes are populated by Native Americans and European immigrants, looking for their personal promised land.