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A Pictorial Celebration of the Life and Times of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: TwoDot an Imprint of Falcon (January 01, 2005)
ISBN: 0762730897
Price: $24.95
More than six decades have passed since Roy Rogers and Dale Evans first
rode the celluloid range together, yet they continue to be loved and
admired in a way few – if any – celebrities can claim. They co-starred
in twenty-nine motion pictures and recorded more than 200 albums
together, and they brought their talents to television in the 1950s,
entertaining a large audience with The Roy Rogers Show.
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 John Sanbrook's debut work is a fascinating biography of the lives and times of his parents, Jack and Elizabeth Sanbrook. "It all began at the turn of the twentieth century. Times were hard in the United Kingdom."
John "Jack" William Sanbrook was born in March of 1907; his father deserted wife and son soon after. Young Jack had a thirst for knowledge, but poverty denied him his education and class discrimination severely limited his prospects. In 1929, fate lent a hand; the Shanghai Municipal Police Force needed officers and Jack answered the call. He would discover a true love of justice and the law in a land filled with beauty, danger, and luxuries he could never have enjoyed in his native England. In time, Elizabeth would become his wife and they would begin their family. In 1942, with the Japanese occupation of the International Settlement in Shanghai, the Sanbrooks’ idyllic life came to a close. "The family had been caught up like rats in a trap. Their lives were now in hostile hands."
From the early years of Jack's work with the Shanghai Municipal Police, through the family's World War II years in the concentration camp, later work for the War Crimes Commission in the jungles of Borneo, and the Sanbrooks’ eventual emigration to America, In My Father's Time opens a window on the dramatic changes that made the world we see today.
As the voices from that era fall silent one by one, this book is a welcome and valuable record of a vanished world. "It is my parent's story. One that I felt needed to be told."
This reader would agree.
Review written by DJ Nold, the former Copy Editor of The Business Journal of Yuba and Sutter Counties, and author of two published fantasy-adventure novels, Raven's Fate and True Companions .
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Spiral Bound: 43 pages
Publisher: Self Published (2004)
ISBN: None
Katie Lim, one of Yuba-Sutter's beloved ladies, is honored in this special publication.
Katie
had a dream of owning a restaurant. She would call it "The
Mandarin Garden." It was to be the center piece of a revitalized
Cinatown in Marysville, located at Second and C Streets. Today
Katie's focus has changed and she is asking for help in the
restorartion of the Bok Kai Temple.
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Paperback: 382 pages
Publisher: 4 L Press; 2nd edition (2007)
ISBN: 1599716615
 When a young Midwesterner leaves home for college in California and
adventure with the U.S. Forest Service, he finds a lot more than he
bargained for: from catastrophic wildfires to gut-wrenching affairs of
the heart; from crewman on cutting edge helicopters and the elite Rouge
River Hotshots, to a summer in Berkeley at the height of the hippie
craze. Join David Hobbs on this unvarnished autobiographical odyssey as
he struggles to find out what life is all about and discover the
surprise ending that changes his life completely.
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Paperback: 135 pages
Publisher: Morris Publishing (2006)
Make
way for Andy O. Carr and his writing debut, Reminisce: Andy Carr’s Life
Story. His quick witted, often charming and refreshingly honest voice
takes us back to his childhood in rural Nebraska, to the front lines of
war-torn Europe, and even life and work in the Yuba-Sutter area.
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Hardcover: 195 pages
Publisher: Vantage Press; 1st ed edition (1974)
Language: English
 Past
Appeal Democrat journalist lays out a powerful progam for developing
reading and writing skills through the process of journalism. The
progam is set at a Junior High Level and can be easily adapted for
other age groups.
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Paperback: 249 pages
Publisher: Publish America (April 30, 2007)
ISBN-10: 1424174171
Price: $24.95
 Life
does not end just because you die. This is the first of many lessons
Sherrie is faced with when her life is tragically cut short at the age
of fourteen. Overcome with a sense of loss and desperation, Sherrie is
suddenly thrust into the unknown and a Heaven she never could have
imagined. It is a Heaven where there is no one answer to anything; a
Heaven where lives are played out like movies and flowers grow tall in
each individual’s garden. There, with the help of her spirit guide,
Sera, she must review her own life in order to move on to the next
level. In order to do this, she must learn to let go of the things—and
people—she cares for, come to terms with her unhappy past, accept that
which she cannot change, and forgive the mother who never loved her.
Read more about Author Stacy Baggett >>>
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Paperback: Not paginated
Publisher: Self
ISBN: None
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