Reading Non-Fiction

Category: Buyer’s Guides

  • Decoding Dylan by Jim Curtis

    Decoding Dylan by Jim Curtis

    Decoding Dylan by Jim Curtis

    In Decoding Dylan, Jim Curtis takes readers behind Dylan‘s image as the quintessential rebel of the 1960s to reveal a new Dylan—Dylan the careful craftsman, a student of the art of songwriting. Curtis is the first Dylan scholar to draw on the revelations in his memoir Chronicles as well as a variety of sources about New York culture in the 1960s. He uses this material to arrive at a radically new interpretation of Dylan’s amazing songs, which revolutionized American music and which won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Curtis shows that these songs are actually collages in which he ingeniously combined themes and images from American popular culture with themes and images from European high culture.
    Readers of Decoding Dylan will come away with a new understanding, not just of Dylan, but also of his place in the history of American popular culture as a whole. .

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  • Dear Margaret, by Pamela Ackerson

    Dear Margaret, by Pamela Ackerson

    Dear Margaret, by Pamela Ackerson

    It was Paradise–Until nightmares and horror reigned.
    Dear Margaret,

    The whole world had gone bonkers. Two friends try to keep each other grounded by writing letters to each other during WWII. They found a common ground, a way to keep each other sane in an insane world.

    From mundane daily chores to life threatening events, these letters from two pen pals take the reader on a journey into the past, a past where nightmares came true, and when hatred reigned.

    A time in history that we should never, ever forget.

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  • The Fields: Our Journey through Medicine, Mission, Life and Faith by Manh Dang

    The Fields: Our Journey through Medicine, Mission, Life and Faith by Manh Dang

    The Fields: Our Journey through Medicine, Mission, Life and Faith by Manh Dang

    The Fields is a Christian inspirational book written by a cancer doctor that discusses the challenges of life, especially from the medical perspective, the beauty of God’s creation and human relationships, the need to care for the least among us through volunteer works, and appreciation for the simple gifts of life. 100 percent of the proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to charitable organizations.

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  • Our Military Family by Suzan Johnson

    Our Military Family by Suzan Johnson

    Our Military Family by Suzan Johnson

    Many families miss loved ones when they are away serving in the military. Sometimes the service men and women are away from moms, dads, brothers, and sisters. In this story Dad and the kids, Harmony and Dominic, are home missing mom. Mom is in the United States Army, and during her deployment, she is sometimes gone for up to 12 months. Throughout the book, you experience what the family has to do to cope without mom, all the while missing her. I hope this book is a testament to those families who make many sacrifices at home and abroad so that we can enjoy the freedoms that we have.

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  • My Name Is Danny: Tales From Danny the Dog by Andrew Joyce

    My Name Is Danny: Tales From Danny the Dog by Andrew Joyce

    My Name Is Danny: Tales From Danny the Dog by Andrew Joyce

    Danny the Dog is a prolific writer. He’s written articles for bloggers around the world and has his own very popular blog where he dispenses his wisdom on a monthly basis. He’s humorous, clever, charming, delightful, and sometimes irascible. Or, as he would phrase it, “I’m a purveyor of wit, wisdom, and words.”

    In My Name Is Danny, Danny writes about his real-life adventures living on a boat in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with his human, Andrew. He tells of their trials and tribulations … and the love they have for one another.

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  • Building Web Apps with WordPress by Brian Messenlehner

    Building Web Apps with WordPress by Brian Messenlehner

    Building Web Apps with WordPress by Brian Messenlehner

    This is a technical book about the inner-workings of the popular open source software called WordPress which powers over 30% of the websites on the internet.

    Compare WordPress with traditional app development frameworks
    Use themes for views and plugins for backend functionality
    Get suggestions for choosing or building WordPress plugins
    Register custom post types (CPTs) and taxonomies
    Manage user accounts and roles, and access user data
    Build asynchronous behaviors with jQuery
    Use WordPress to develop mobile apps for iOS and Android
    Integrate PHP libraries, external APIs, and web service plugins
    Collect payments through ecommerce and membership plugins
    Learn how to speed up and scale your WordPress app
    Extend the WordPress REST API and create custom endpoints
    Learn about WordPress Gutenberg blocks development

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  • The Budget-Savvy Wedding Planner & Organizer by Jessica Bishop

    The Budget-Savvy Wedding Planner & Organizer by Jessica Bishop

    The Budget-Savvy Wedding Planner & Organizer by Jessica Bishop

    Is your big day price tag giving you wedding bell blues? With the skyrocketing cost of planning a wedding, a majority of newly engaged couples find themselves opting for an intimate ceremony they can plan affordably. Whether your happy day is a low-key celebration or a lavish affair, The Budget-Savvy Wedding Planner & Organizer provides everything needed to plan a dream wedding on a realistic budget.

    With write-in resources and hundreds of practical tips, The Budget-Savvy Wedding Planner & Organizer provides the essential tools to plan a stress-free wedding. This fundamental wedding planner also includes sample budgets to track all of your expenses from creative inspirations to custom invitations.

    The Budget-Savvy Wedding Planner & Organizer includes:

    Save-the-datebook―Use organizational write-in tools to plan for everything from bridal party attire to DIY decor
    Pop the question―Interview vendors, venues, and more with vital must-ask questions
    Economical engagement―Calculate cost breakdowns for every part of your ceremony with sample budgets
    From your first dance to your final toast, The Budget-Savvy Bride Wedding Planner & Organizer will help turn your dream day into a reality.

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  • The Fields: Our Journey through Medicine, Mission, Life and Faith by Manh Dang

    The Fields: Our Journey through Medicine, Mission, Life and Faith by Manh Dang

    The Fields: Our Journey through Medicine, Mission, Life and Faith by Manh Dang

    The Fields is a Christian inspirational book written by a cancer doctor that discusses the challenges of life, especially from the medical perspective, the beauty of God’s creation and human relationships, the need to care for the least among us through mission works and appreciation for the simple gifts of life. 100% OF THE PROCEEDS OF THIS BOOK WILL BE DONATED TO:

    1. The Russell Hill Cancer Foundation (to aid poor and/or uninsured cancer patients in and around North Alabama).

    2. Project Abundant Life (a transitional housing ministry for single moms in Madison County, Alabama).

    3. Bessong Ministries (to aid poor and/or divorced, downtrodden people in North Alabama, and hospital and cancer center chaplaincy).

    4. Until They Know Ministry (a ministry for poor Haitians and Dominicans in and around Puerto Plata, the Dominican Republic).

    5. Desert Rose Ministries (ministries to rescue girls from forced marriages, FGM, and to reach the unreached people in Kenya, Africa).

    6. Kenya Relief (a ministry to rescue, house and educate orphans, and to provide medical care for the poor people in Migori, Kenya, Africa).

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