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What would it be like to live the life of a popular song? "My Life as a Song" is the story of a popular song, which takes readers on a journey that began near the end of the 19th Century, 1892 to be exact. The journey takes a reader through the history of recorded music by continuing up to the present with a determined reach into the future. The main character of the story, as the title suggests, is a song. The song was much more than a century old when “My Life as a Song” was written. It was older than any living human being. While the song has witnessed many historical changes via the...

After more than three decades of teaching English in Chicago schools, Robert Jones is retiring. He begins doing a food delivery job in which he enjoys the change as he is working alone most of the day. While doing that job, however, he also enjoys occasionally encountering people from many different walks of life. One evening, when he has an undeliverable food package since a customer can’t be found, he chooses not to eat it or dispose of it. Instead, he stops at an underpass in Chicago’s Little Village where he has previously seen homeless people gathered, and he offers the food ...

Scott Paulson, an award-winning Midwestern American teacher and writer, has had many experiences in life through his many jobs, interests. travels, and interactions with people. Throughout his life's experiences, he has learned the life’s lessons that are written about in the book. "75 Life's Lessons," which is a self-help styled memoir, is written interestingly, often humorously, and always honestly and informatively. The 75 chapters will inspire and motivate readers to realize their potential of having a happy, healthy, and productive life regardless of their age. Paulson's "Walk - ...

Tony has always had tremendous respect for the thousands of people who live on Chicago's streets. Regardless of their pasts that have landed them in their current situations, he realizes that every unhoused person struggles greatly to survive every new day. The day comes when Tony experiences how stressful and challenging it is to survive on the street as he becomes one of the city's 75,000 persons without a permanent residence. At any given time, a thousand of these struggling survivors, including Tony for a time, actually lives on the city's streets all day and all night. Tony is well ...

“Walk – Don’t Run" is a childhood memoir about the author's life as a 10-year-old boy in 1960. It is a historically accurate snapshot of being raised in Joliet, Illinois, which is a populous city near Chicago in the United States’ Midwest. The story revolves around his family life, school life, and friendships. During this time of the child’s life, he had been jolted beyond his childhood as family incidents occurred that changed him. 1960 was an interesting time in the United States and other parts of the world, allowing the content of this book to be educationally integrated with...

True stories from an experienced Uber Eats delivery man in Chicago and the suburbs. The book begins with information needed to apply for the job. The many requirements that must be satisfied before getting considered for the job are detailed. The next part of the book tells how technology and food delivery companies have improved the job in recent years for the delivery employees. Subsequent chapters detail the delivery person's expenses related to the job and reveal the possible income a driver can expect to receive. In narration, following chapters have many ideas to greatly improve a ...

Updated information about every instrumental recording that reached number one on Billboard's popular recorded music charts from 1950 to the present. There is a great deal of information about every instrumental song that topped the pop charts, as well as every one of the recording artists, and each recorded song’s songwriters. The author conducted massive research to compile the interesting stories found in this book. The text covers the instrumentalists from Anton Karas’ recording of “Third Man Theme,” which reached number one in 1950, through Baauer reaching the top of the Hot ...