Estelle McDoniel
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A quiz book for those who enjoy playing games at home with family and friends or in a casino. The quizzes cover a wide variety of challenges. Some games require previous knowledge while other games are simply new and creative. A comfortable way to sit at home and enjoy the mental workout.
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The biography of Alene B. Duerk, Registered Nurse. The first woman to reach an Admiral's rank in the United States Navy. Born and grew up in Ohio, a Registered Nurse during WWII, cared for POWs and other. At the end of the war, continued her career in the Navy. It took many years for the Navy men to recognize and advance a woman to the rank of Rear Admiral and Alene did not know she was being considered for that high rank. She learned of her promotion...
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It was 1953, when Terry, a thirteen-years-old girl and her family move from a city in Ohio to an undeveloped area of Venezuela, near the confluence of two large rivers, the Orinoco River and the Caroní River with the jungle nearby. At that time, the country of Venezuela was filled with freedom, freedom for everyone. There was beauty everywhere. Much of the beauty was in the warm welcoming spirit of the Venezuelan people. Years have passed, life has...
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A book for adults to read to young children as the children imagine what happens when someone runs to the top of the Mystical Magical Dirt Pile. The last page asks the child what he would do if the mystical magical dirt pile was in a nearby park and if that child ran to the top.
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In 1945, Lieutenant Alene B. Duerk, registered nurse, stood on the deck of the USS Beneoolence, one of the Navy's large hospital ships. It had taken many years of hard work for her to become a capable nurse and an independent woman, as her mother had hoped. Now she was headed for the coast of Japan in a fleet of 600 ships. It was wartime, and the future looked uncertain.
But Alene Duerk's dedication would lead to a long and productive career with...