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Soul Survivor
by Gigi Watson WhiteGigi Watson White’s ‘Soul Survivor’ is a riveting tale of triumph over unimaginable challenges. Her story inspires readers to find strength in faith, honesty, and self-advocacy. Through resilience and unwavering spirit, Gigi’s journey encourages us to confront life’s hurdles, love ourselves, and emerge as empowered warriors. -
The Change Center
by Howard D. BlazekThis is the story of a week spent on a closed psychiatric ward. It is an accurate, factual first-person account of one person's madness. It is told without fictionalization, embellishment, or exaggeration. Started during the author's confinement, the first draft was completed in the six months following his release from the ward. It was revised over the years and completed only now. -
Should've Been Dead
by Sweta Patel with Rory LonderSweta Patel wrote the life story of Rory Londer, a motivational speaker who would come speak to her students. He was stuck in a cycle of addiction to alcohol and crack cocaine for 17 years. He would spend nights staying warm in an old laundromat. Years later, he ended up buying that same laundromat and turned it into a million-dollar home improvement business. The book is structured around 12 life lessons that Sweta learned from Rory's journey. At its heart, it's a book about human connection an... more -
Polliwog Hunting
by Selena WadeThis is a story about Darkness. It’s also a story about Light. It is in essence a memoir and a diary woven together by flashes of memories. There is a learning through those memories that sometimes Light can be shadowed by the Dark. This is a story about a family. A family that was hindered in being all it could have been because of the Darkness. One that was intermittent in its visits and left radically affected souls in its wake. This is my story. A story about an ordinary young girl in a seem... more -
Work (and Play)
by Michael BowlesTales of an unremarkable engineer and the characters he met on the way at the Royal Radar Establishment Malvern and Pershore, the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough and Bedford, the Aircraft and Armament Evaluation Establishment Boscombe Down, and the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency. -
Journey Across Time: A Diplomatic Spouse in South Asia
by Susan Gillerman BoggsJourney Across Time opens a window to life in South Asia, which has changed vastly since Susan Gillerman Boggs began living there as a diplomat’s wife in 1985. In a captivating first-person narrative, Boggs takes the reader to remote places, many now closed to visitors. She describes experiences both exotic and hilarious, and adventures impossible to replicate. The author invites us to share the color and pageantry of festivals, religious rites, and parades of caparisoned elephants. She ventured... more -
Human Justice
by Human and the LightsHuman Justice is the true story of a human rights lawyer’s last trial in a 15-year career spent helping humans living on the margins enforce civil rights and anti-discrimination laws. Corporate values, which are only about money and nothing else, played out to their logical extreme in the trial, signaling that corporatism is incompatible with a sustainable future for our species and our planet. The harmonic divide reverberating in our society is less about blue values versus red values and mor... more -
true.
by Catherine Ada CampbellCatherine Ada Campbell's unusual childhood included summers with her parents in a travelling carnival, waving atop a parade float, and lavish birthday parties. Unlike many of her peers, Campbell knew she had never been abused. But at the age of 34, a chance phone call with her brother shattered everything she thought she knew about her family and her past: her memories were false. true. unfolds across Campbell's 45 years of therapy, medication, research, education and other modalities... more
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Defeat of Nazi Germany
by dennis wongA factual and fascinating account of how the Western Allied Strategic Air Forces in the European Theater of Operations annihilated Adolph Hilter’s Third Reich. Seen through the eyes of S/Sgt Chester Fong as a tail-gunner aboard a Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber in the US 8th Air Force, Fong’s story is more than just a history lesson. He describes the events leading up to the ultimate defeat of Germany, the roles of the Allied air and ground forces in securing victory in Europe, and com... more -
SPOKEN
by Robert RieckIn the heart of America's Midwest, a tale unfolds that transcends borders and challenges perceptions. This memoir, rooted in the plains of Nebraska, is a poignant exploration of life, love, loss, and the complexities of human nature. Our protagonist confronts the duality of existence, wrestling with moments that brand him both a hero and a flawed individual. As he navigates through his upbringing under the stringent confines of a religious household, the narrative reveals his struggles with iden... more -
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Me and My Shadow
by John Walker PattisonAs one of the UK's longest-surviving cancer patients in the UK, John Walker Pattison wrote the New York Book Festival award-winning book, Me and My Shadow – memoirs of a Cancer Survivor, to deliver a chronicle of incredible inspiration. Pattison was diagnosed with cancer at the age of eighteen and despite repeated treatment failures and his unexpected recovery, only eight years later, his four-year-old daughter was diagnosed with leukaemia. The immature adolescent, who, by his admission, wast... more -
Never, Never, Hardly Ever
by Kelly McKenzieThis coming-of-age memoir revels in frequently challenging mother/daughter dynamics often played against a cast of colorful, unforgettable characters. Kelly never imagined working at FROG. She's surprised to discover a welcoming community where customers are encouraged to linger and share their lives. With her two best friends moving away, Kelly treasures these new friendships, including that of a certain customer's son who happens to be dating her dedicated running partner. Happily a different ... more -
The Tunnel: A Memoir
by Tripp FriedlerThere is a popular, long held superstition that when you are travelling through a tunnel, if you make a wish, and hold your breath for the length of the tunnel, your wish will come true. Over the last decade, Tripp Friedler would hold his breath and make one wish: that his son Henry would get better, that he would find a way for him to live with his debilitating bipolar disorder—a disorder that cost Henry the ability to hold down a job, keep friends, or maintain an apartment. A disorder that wou... more -
Starving the Wolf A Victory Over Lupus
by Karen QuirosNearly four decades ago, Karen was diagnosed with lupus and given a prognosis of "at best" five to seven years to live.
Refusing to accept this fate, she embarked on a relentless quest for healing, dedicating over a decade to research and uncovering the strategies that would allow her to conquer this disease. Today, she celebrates over 25 years of living 100% lupus-free.
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