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Generations of adults who were adopted as children have been kept in the dark about their original identities. The law sealing birth records, passed in 1935 in California during the Great Depression, swept adoptions emotional complexities under the rug and made it possible to keep adoption itself...

Write On helps aspiring writers with the age old question: What can I write about? It provides hundreds of ways to start a narrative or poem using thought-provoking questions, famous quotes, story ideas, plot outlines and more. This book contains Notes on writing, Quick Lists, Using quotations, Starting...

My name is Kristen Lamb, I've had some very hard tasks for many years, but never let them stop me from achieving my goal. I'm 30 years old and have always wanted to have a book published. Xlibris has done this for me, and I feel honored. I've made almost every dream I've had come true! I hope everyone enjoys the book, as much as I've enjoyed writing it.

In The Consequences of Playing God: Tales from Lingor High, Robert Joseph Foley takes the reader on a wicked journey through four decades of school life in the fictional town of Van der Donck, NY. Here is a mordant satire exploring a world filled with impossible to forget characters and incidents:...

A History of Brewers in Portsmouth, Ohio, with an Emphasis on the Portsmouth Brewing Company: Part IIthe 20th & 21st Centuries is a continuation of A History of Brewers in Portsmouth, Ohio, with an Emphasis on the Portsmouth Brewing Company: Part One: The 19th Century, also available through Xlibris...

While it is true that youth is a wonderful period in life, for others, the teenage life could be the worth thing that could happen. Recalling her sad experiences as a youth, author Yvonne Louis describes her teenage past as nightmarish and readers can find out exactly why with the release of her new...

As I had mentioned before in my sixth book, I had already started my number 7. Writing becomes quite a habit, which I like very much of course. This seventh book feels rather fresh; many new ideas came up in my head. The poems are generally on handling lots of stuff. It’s not particularly soft like...

Octogenarian, author-Alfred Colo, celebrated his eighty sixth birthday in December of 2012, with the completion of this, his eleventh self-published work with Xlibris Publishing Co., expected to become available in early 2013. His early origins as a singer-song writer, have come full circle from modest,...

This story is based on a true love story that spanned almost two decades. The names and places have been changed to protect the privacy of the individuals involved in this affair. The chronological sequence of events has been maintained for continuity. All the stories and experiences are based on...

Longer synopsis and biography for Xlibris Website In ELIZA, AN IOWA PIONEER , immigrant stories are written in epistolary form to Elizas papa, her sisters and best friend in the old country. The letters are taken from tales My Family History As Far Back As I Can Remember as narrated by Eliza to her...

John C. Jack Briggs was named professor emeritus upon his retirement from the University of South Florida. He is now affi liated with the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University. He and his wife Eila, a retired economics professor, spend their summers in Oregon and winters...

The Magic Fleet, set in the years 1792-1798, continues the themes of the author's Plans of the Deathless Gods (Xlibris, 2002). It recounts the arrivals in the settlement of Fridericus, South New Zealand, of New Prussia Company ships Hera and, after significant delay, Apollon and Hephaistos. Meanwhile,...

Designed to massage your emotions, Tales Under A Full Moon is comprised of seven modern day short stories that prove once again that people do act strangely and weird things can happen. Escape into the lives of ordinary people who for one reason or another find themselves caught up in the events of...

In the U.S., the homeless have traveled from the freight train to the shelter. Skid row was an extended stop along the way. Giamo reveals his encounter with the city and old Bowery of the 1970s. He simply followed the drift of homelessness. When it led him to the Bowery, the historic skid row, he...