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Life's Daily Treasure: 366 Doses of Hope, Optimism,Personal Growth and Encouragement by Richard V Battle
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Life can be hard. It seems like the last few years have been especially difficult with the pandemic and other factors. Even when there are not tragedies or disasters, as the author says, "Life can be a daily grind, discouraging the pursuit of one's dreams and the belief in humanity's goodness."
So the author Richard V. Battle, who is also a motivational speaker and trainer, wrote Life's Daily Treasure to provide encouragement and positive messages in the form of 366 daily doses of Hope, Optimism, Personal Growth and Encouragement. HOPE. He says the book is part almanac, historic celebration, personal journal and trivia - and all inspirational.
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Punched, Kicked, Spat On, and Sometimes Thanked: Memoirs of a TV News Reporter by Paul Orlousky
Cleveland TV viewers are undoubtedly familiar with Paul Orlousky - known as Orlo to most. After all he worked in broadcasting for over 50 years, landing in Cleveland on WEWS TV (Channel 5) in 1981. For the next 38 years he was a fixture on nightly Cleveland TV newscasts on Channels 5, 3 and 19.
As an "aggressive" reporter, Orlousky was involved in many of the major stories that happened in Cleveland during the past 4 decades. This book gives an insider's look at many of them. Cleveland viewers will recognize the names such as Dorothy Fuldheim, Dick Feagler, Albert Belle, John Demjanjuk, Jim Trafficant, Dennis Kucinich and others. Read our review of Punched, Kicked, Spat On, and Sometimes Thanked.
My Ticket to Ride By Janice MitchellIn 1964 as Beatlemania swept the US and world a Cleveland Heights teen from a troubled family falls "in love" with the Beatles. She buys every record, magazine and tchotcke she can. She dreams of meeting them and moving to London to be with them. Probably the same dream as thousands of young girls at the time, right?
But this girl went beyond the dreaming stage. The full title of the book is My Ticket to Ride: How I Ran Away to England to Meet the Beatles and Got Rock and Roll Banned in Cleveland (A True Story from 1964) and that's exactly what happened. It's an amazing story! Read our review and more of Ticket to Ride.
Smoky, Sweaty, Rowdy, and Loud: Tales of Cleveland's Legendary Rock & Roll Landmarks
by Mike & Janice Olszewski
I enjoyed the authors' previous books about Cleveland Radio and TV so was eager to take a look at their stories of Cleveland Rock and Roll Landmarks. Being of that age, I was intimately involved with many of these clubs and the book triggered some serious nostalgia.
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Hot Type, Cold Beer and Bad News: A Cleveland Reporter's Journey Through the 1960s
by Michael D. Roberts
This book touches on 4 areas that are simply fascinating to me: Newspaper reporting in its heyday before computers and the Internet, the 1960's, Cleveland in the 1960's and a first-hand account of the Vietnam War by a reporter who spent 8 months all over the Far Eastern country.
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The Browns Blues: Two Decades of Utter Frustration: Why Everything Kept Going Wrong for the Cleveland Browns by Terry Pluto
As a longtime Browns fan and season ticket holder since the 1980's I lived through the last 20 painful years of the Browns return so didn't expect much except rehashing from this book. But I was surprised at how much I had forgotten and how much I never knew.
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The Great Brain by John Dennis Fitzgerald
Cleveland Radio Tales: Stories from the Local Radio Scene of the 1960s, '70s, '80s, and '90s by Mike & Janice Olszewski
Lanigan in the Morning: My Life in Radio by John Lanigan with Peter Jedick and Mike Olszewski
The Making of Major League by Mike Olszewski and Janice Olszewski
Cleveland TV Tales Volume 2 by Jonathan Knight
Let's Have Another By Dan Coughlin
Win, Place, or Die (a Milan Jacovich Mystery) By Les Roberts with Dan S. Kennedy
E-Patients Live Longer: The Complete Guide to Managing Health Care Using Technology By Nancy B. Finn
The Gordonston Ladies Dog Walking Club By Duncan Whitehead
Cleveland Christmas Memories: Looking Back at Holidays Past By Gail Ghetia Bellamy
Beyond the Rice Paddies By Linda West (Tran Thi Bach Yen Oanh)
The Visitor's Guide to American Gardens: Garden Walks, Garden Talks, Garden Events By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Whiskey Island (a Milan Jacovich Mystery) By Les Roberts
Edgar Allan Poe - Selected Shorts Performed by Symphony Space
The Cleveland Creep (a Milan Jacovich Mystery) By Les Roberts
Pass the Nuts By Cleveland Sports Writer Dan Coughlin
Senior Smart Puzzles By Lindy McClean
Lunchmeat & Life Lessons Sharing a Butcher's Wisdom
It's Not My Stepkids--It's Their Mom! By Karon Phillips Goodman
I Remember Singing: A Boy Survives the Holocaust By Arielle A. Aaron
Cleveland Czechs - Images of America By John T. Sabo
Cleveland Slovaks - Images of America By John T. Sabo
Life Gets Better: The Unexpected Pleasures of Growing Older By Wendy Lustbader
and Reviewed by Debbie Hanson
Interview with Rick Porrello Author of the Danny Greene story - Kill the Irishman
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford Reviewed by Jean Walsh
Crazy, with the papers to prove it By Cleveland Sports Writer Dan Coughlin
Bill Warrington's Last Chance A Novel by James King James King will be signing his book at the Westlake Borders on Friday August 27 at 7:00 PM.
Camera Soldiers: The Philippine Odyssey Behind every war photograph was a flesh and blood photographer
The Midwife by Jennifer Worth A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
Doggin' Cleveland: The 50 Best Places To Hike With Your Dog In Northeast Ohio
By Doug Gelbert
God Never Blinks - 50 Lessons for Life's Little Detours by Regina Brett
Creative Computer Crafts: 50 Fun and Useful Products You Can Make with Any Inkjet Printer
Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame
By Michael S. Class
Gimme Rewrite, Sweetheart . . .
Tales From the Last Glory Days of Cleveland Newspapers Told By The Men and Women Who Reported the News
Train Your Brain: 60 Days to a Better Brain
Get better brainpower, better memory and better creativity.
Cooking around the Calendar with Kids
Recipes, activities and fun to share with the entire family all year round By Amy Houts
Before You Go Under
A Step by Step Guide to Ease Your Mind Before Going Under Anesthesia By Benjamin Taimoorazy
7 Steps To A 720 Credit Score
by Philip X. Tirone
What Would Mickey Mantle Say #7 coaches Men to Health and Happiness - book review
Eagles Over Berlin by Kati Fabian Historical novel about the Berlin Blockade and Airlift
Write your Life Story in 28 Days An easy, step-by-step approach that's lots of fun by Dee Dees
Stopping School Violence
The complete guide for parents and educators on handling bullying by Derek Randel
Love You More Than You Know Mothers' Stories about sending their sons & daughters to war
by Janie Reinart and Mary Anne Mayer
Whatever happened to 'Super Joe' Charboneau
Catching up with 45 Good Old Guys from the Bad Old Days of the Cleveland Indians - by Russell Schneider
Va Fa Sa: A Young Man's Memoir
by Hugo Cipriani
American Skyscraper - America's Tallest Buildings
Photography by Eric P. Mull - Yes, that's Key Tower on the cover!
Big Chuck! by Chuck Schodwoski with Tom Feran
My Favorite Stories from 47 Years on Cleveland TV
Milan Jacovich is back!
King of the Holly Hop by Les Roberts
Browns Scrapbook
50 years of Hall of fame football reporting by Chuck Heaton
Truth and Justice for Fun and Profit
Collected Reporting by Michael Heaton
The Yiddish Policemen's Union By Michael Chabon
Emily Dickinson Interview
What if she were alive today?
America's Polka King The real story of Frankie Yankovic and his music
In Search of Dorothy by David Anthony
What if Oz wasn't a dream?
Ulysses S Grant
By Josiah Bunting III
Cleveland Rock & Roll Memories
By Carlo Wolff
Marilyn, Joe and Me
By June DiMaggio
Scrap City by Paul Gambino Scrapbooking for Urban Divas
How Millionaires Stay Rich Forever Retirement Planning Secrets of Millionaires
Push Not the River By James Conroyd Martin
Rosie John Doesn't Live Here Anymore By Tom Begert-Clark
America! What Have You Done To The Auld Game?By W. Eric Laing
Surviving Prostate Cancer Without Surgery By Bradley Hennenfent, M.D.
The Thinking Person's Guide to Diabetes By Boris Draznin, M.D., PhD
Poetry for the Potty by David MacLennan (The Bathroom Bard)
First Man - The Life of Neil A. Armstrong The Authorized Biography By James R. Hansen
Slovenian-American Cleveland Private Detective
Milan Jacovich stories by Les Roberts
Curses! Why Cleveland Sports Fans Deserve to Be Miserable;A Lifetime of Tough Breaks, Bad Luck, Dumb Moves, Goofs, Gaffes, And Blunders by Tim Long
Wolves Among the Ruins Part 1: The Prince Dethroned by A.J. West
South Beach Diet Quick & Easy Recipes
Reflections of Pearl Harbor An Oral History of December 7, 1941
Have overweight grandchildren? Freddy Fights Fat might help
Harry Potter - Post Potter Depression Claire's love affair with books and reading
Invisible Giants The Empires of Cleveland's Van Sweringen Brothers by Herbert H. Harwood Jr.
False Start How the new Browns were set up to fail by Terry Pluto
Finding a Nursing Home (And what you find when you get there) By V.K. Lynn
Bear - Heart of a Hero The story of America's most decorated dog By Captain Scott Shields and Nancy M. West
Moral Courage Taking Action when your values are put to the test By Rushworth M. Kidder
Hidden Causes of Heart Attack and Stroke By Christian Wilde
The Stigma of Growing Old in America A Personal Perspective - By Pat Estelle
Game 5 - 1920 World Series Cleveland Indians vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons By Lorna Landvik
Big Russ & Me Father and Son: Lessons of Life by Tim Russert
The Best of Hal Lebovitz Great Sportswriting from 6 Decades in Cleveland
Cleveland Couples: 40 Inspiring Stories of Love & Commitment By Kathy Dawson
Cleveland Food Memories: A Nostalgic Look Back at the Food We Loved, the Places We Bought It, and the People Who Made It Special By Gail Ghetia Bellamy
Finding Your Family History in Northeast Ohio By Vicki Blum Vigil
Browns Town 1964 By Terry Pluto
Cleveland Sports Legends The 20 Most Glorious & Gut Wrenching Moments of All Time By Bob Dyer
The Toe - The Lou Groza Story By Lou Groza with Mark Hodermarsky
My Losing Season By Pat Conroy
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix The much-awaited 5th Book in the series
Omar Vizquel's best seller in paperback Including updates from 2002 - Jim Thome, Jose Mesa, Albert Belle and more
Beyond Cleveland on Foot 2nd Ed 58 more walks & hikes in NE Ohio
Build Your Own In-Law Suite By Carol J. Klima
When We Were Orphans By Kazuo Ishiguro
The Inextinguishable Symphony By Martin Goldsmith
Omar! My Life on and off the Field By Omar Vizquel with Bob Dyer
Ohio Oddities A Guide to the Curious Attractions of the Buckeye State - By Neil Zurcher
Semper Fi - Business Leadership the Marine Corps Way By Dan Carrison and Rod Walsh
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Secret Sanction by Brian Haig
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
He Sees you when You're Sleeping By Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark
Shiny Water by Anna C. Salter
To Perish in Penzance: a Dorothy Martin mystery by Jeanne M. Dams
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Wrong Dog by Carol Lea Benjamin
Saintly murders: a medieval mystery featuring Kathryn Swinbrooke by C.L.Grace
Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
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