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Whether you’re a stepmom, a single gal, or a grandmother pitching in as mom, if you long to get more out of each day, you’ll be entertained and enlightened by these witty and heartwarming stories. In Better Days, Marie Clapper shares her personal experiences of self-realization, faith, parenting, and second marriage with humor and wisdom.

Arthur Briggs's life was Homeric in scope. Born on the the tiny island of Grenada, he set sail for Harlem during the Renaissance, then to Europe in the aftermath of World War I, where he was among the first pioneers to introduce jazz music to the world. During the legendary Jazz Age in Paris, Briggs's trumpet provided the soundtrack while Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and the rest of the Lost Generation got drunk. By the 1930s, Briggs was considered "the Louis Armstrong of Paris," and was the peer of the greatest names of his time, from Josephine Baker to Django Reinhardt.

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Adrienne Wilson is a depressed, suicidal teenager—until the day she receives a diagnosis of stage IV liver cancer. Facing the fight of her life, Adrienne discovers just how much she wants to live. As Adrienne’s legal guardian, Andrea acts as her parent, sister, friend, and guide. In Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days, Andrea Wilson Woods tells a brilliant, touching story that captures the listener's heart and attention with clarity and grit. This emotional true story is a beautifully written, insightful book on how we connect as humans and why life—no matter how truncated—is worth living.

Read by the author. You can be raw, real, and messy and still build a successful career and life. In this entrepreneur's memoir, Alli Webb invites you into her world as a businesswoman, a mother, and a partner, untangling her complicated journey with the wit and humor of a talented storyteller...

On a spring day in 2018, I decided that I’d hit the lowest point I would tolerate. I had a moment of clarity and decided to make a change - for real this time. Over the next hundred days, I would do my best to change everything that was making me unhappy, and this is that story.

Ensign Stephen Davenport was the most severely under qualified of the Ninety-Day Wonders, the derisive term for commissioned officers in the Naval Reserve with only ninety days of training, all of which were on dry land. For his final navigation exam, he actually plotted a course that landed a fictional destroyer somewhere in the Sierra Mountains. Nevertheless, in in August of 1953, he reported to his first assignment aboard the USS Vermillion. He would be overseeing the First Division for training in amphibious landings.